[LibertarianExchange] A birthday present from the mainstream media

[Schlosser for Congress - Communications]

Please FWD to with blogs and correspondents who share your concerns about biased coverage in the MSM.   http://www.schlosserforcongress.com/blog/blog.php?blog_id=162   A birthday present from the mainstream media - Posted On 10-24-2006 , 11:24 AM The New York Times has a profile of my Congressional race in today's paper - “In Southwest, a Shifting Away From Party Ties.”  It's all about how voters in the southwest US are moving away from Rs and Ds, and the Republican's campaign even mentions how important the libertarian vote is becoming. The only thing missing is the Libertarian candidate. Here is the note I wrote to the reporter, copying the NYT ombudsman (their email addresses are in the message header, if you would like to also add your voice). ________________________________________ From: David Schlosser Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 8:23 AM To: kjohn (@) nytimes.com Cc: public (@) nytimes.com Subject: Hey, Kirk, I'm the guy you wrote that story about How could a bureau chief of the nation’s paper of record write an entire story (“In Southwest, a Shifting Away >From Party Ties,” NYT, 24 October 2006, ~1750 words) about independent and third-party voters in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District without talking to the candidate who represents an alternative to the R and D candidates you did talk to?  If it weren’t such a flagrant and disgraceful example of poor, lazy reporting, I would think it must be a joke.   As the Libertarian candidate for US Congress in AZ1, I have been advertising on TV since mid-August.  I will, by the end of the campaign, participate in at least 10 joint appearances with one or both of the major-party candidates.  In the past week alone, I’ve put more than 2,000 miles on my car campaigning through this sprawling district.  I have raised nearly $30,000 – small by R/D standards, but a record-breaking amount for non-R/non-D candidates in Arizona.  I have earned more than 100 mentions in the state’s broadcast and print news media in recent weeks and, on the Libertarian Party’s national candidate tracker, rank in performance/success behind the party’s former Presidential candidate, who has raised more than $300,000 in TX10.   I’m adjunct faculty at the Northern Arizona University School of Communication.  According to the departmental rules on grading journalistic writing assignments, this one would have earned you an “F.”  I would be more than happy to help remediate this situation by corresponding or visiting with you at your convenience.   With sincere best wishes for your continued success, David Schlosser _____________________ Schlosser for Congress - Arizona's 1st www.SchlosserForCongress.com 103 E Mohawk Dr | Flagstaff AZ 86001-6904 | 928-255-0195 Freedom - Responsibility - Accountability ... to balance the checkbook    __._,_.___ SPONSORED LINKS Libertarian Libertarian party Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! ID required) Change settings via email: Switch delivery to Daily Digest | Switch to Fully Featured Visit Your Group | Yahoo! Groups Terms of Use | Unsubscribe __,_._,___