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I am truly shocked by what appears to be the irresponsible attitude of your newspaper. Like many others I depended on your reports to keep up with the caucuses and I appreciated your extensive coverage. Then, after Obama's campaign made the claims that the Clintons rigged the caucuses by illegally closing the doors at 11:30, you fanned the flames and let that accusation stand without correcting it. Sure enough, on MSNBC yesterday, the claim was confirmed, because, as the guest, Mr. Wolfe, claimed, the Clintons did illegally close the doors and that swung the election, as -- he said -- confirmed by local media.
Yet we see the correction above, which you have apparently ignored. And I have heard the same correction on Las Vegas radio, that both the official handbook and your own voters guide misled caucus-goers and organizers into believing that the doors were to be closed at 11:30, with the official guide in another place stating the noon closing. Are all those people lying? Or is your newspaper going to clarify with a prominent correction about your own role and the role of the handbook in confusing people and adding to the "chaos," as your reporter described it.
If you do not clear this up, the charges of a rigged caucus are going to continue and you will be at least partially responsible for misleading or seriously confusing the public. As an editor, I know the canons of journalism and the heavy responsibility on editors. Isn't it time that your editors do the right thing with a new and separate story or Op-Ed piece?