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Ignoring alternative to Cardin and Steele |
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Monday, 18 September 2006 |
A front-page article in Wednesday's Sun starts this way: "Rep. Benjamin L. Cardin held a substantial lead over friend and former colleague Kweisi Mfume in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate early this morning, leaving Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele waiting to learn who his opponent would be in one of the most closely watched general election races in the nation" ("Cardin in strong lead; Schaefer in jeopardy," Sept. 13).
Was Kevin Zeese, Senate nominee of the Green, Libertarian and Populist parties, not also waiting to learn who his opponent would be?
And if this is "one of the most closely watched general elections races," where is the mention of the other candidate?
The article is about the primary, but repeatedly refers to a hypothetical race between Mr. Steele and Mr. Cardin.
This error occurs all too often, but I am particularly annoyed with this example, in which two probable candidates are mentioned in the first paragraph of the front page and the third is left out completely.
Also, The Sun's use of the word "opponent," in the singular, suggests that there will be only two candidates on the ballot, when this is simply not the case.
James Bridge
Baltimore
The writer is a volunteer for Kevin Zeese's Senate campaign.
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