Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Washington Post Makes Me Laugh

I pulled out the special Election section of the Washington Post this morning to read this teaser in the bottom right corner:
The District: Vincent Gray was elected mayor in a landslide, while Kwame Brown was chosen to succeed Gray as D.C. Council Chairman. Council races remained too close to call early Tuesday night. A29.

Vincent Gray, Democrat 96%
Carlos Allen, Independent 2%
Can we rewrite that as:
The District: Vincent Gray held off a write-in effort and beat token opposition, while Kwame Brown was chosen to succeed Gray as D.C. Council Chairman. Council races could not be called because many voting precincts remained unreported early Tuesday night. A29.

Vincent Gray, Democrat 74%
Write In 23%

Carlos Allen makes the front page of the Post's election coverage.  Seriously?  His15 minutes of fame should be long over.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yep. Were they just lazy over at The Post? Watching the national returns and paying no attention?

Anonymous said...

Come on! Gray won and give credit where credit is due. And if there are a million write-ins, the Post would have to make note of every write-in candidate to be fair and balanced. Carlos Allen was on the ticket. Be realistic.