However, Gail Pascal Brown of WESH instead decided to declare the race over. She said that Chris Dorworth was the new State representative for District 34.
To be fair, some good Democrats called and complained. But according to one of the callers:
I called and pointed out their error and was told that someone else had called too. Then their retraction later in the news was very lame...Even when she did the retraction she failed to mention that he now has to run in the general election against Stephen Bacallao [Democratic Candidate], and two NPs.
Great. They made the mistake that hurt Steve, and now they answer by giving his opponent more advertising. Dorworth just spent over 100 grand to win the primary, he can afford to get his own ads. No mention of Steve anywhere, not on the air, not on their website.
I wouldn't cut up if that was the only complaint. After all, our local NPR did the same thing, this morning--saying Chris Dorsworth will face three "opponents" this November.
But I do think that if you declare the race for the other guy when the election hasn't even started yet, you owe the Democratic candidate a name mention.
If you think this is unfair, or that Gail should probably learn what a primary is, contact them:http://www.wesh.com/station/290180/detail.html
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The local news doesn't need to give any help to the GOP in deep red Seminole county.
CHRIS DORWORTH ELECTED STATE REP
ReplyDeleteDEMS COMPLAIN THAT ELECTION HAS NOT BEEN HELD; GOP CALLS THEM "SORE LOSERS."
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Didn't the Repubs scream when the networks called Florida for Gore after the polls in the Eastern Time Zone had closed, but while the polls in the Central Time Zone in the Panhandle were still open?
ReplyDeleteThe trouble with the exit polls in Florida in 2000 was that exit pollers can only ask people as they are leaving the polls for whom they voted. People can cast their votes for A, but the votes can get counted for B.