Norfolk Daily News

Wednesday – May 21, 2008

Your View

NORFOLK – I would like to state that I feel that the Daily News does not fairly report news in their paper. There seems to be a bias in many areas.

An example of this would be with the mayoral race coverage. It has seemed that most of the so-called reporting has leaned towards one candidate.

The article in the May 14 edition of the Daily News stated: “Sweigard was encouraged to run by a supporter of Tom Schommer.” What in the world did this allegation have to do with the election results except to further smear the credibility of a candidate whom the newspaper is obviously against?

This makes me believe that the Daily News is out to attack and discredit the integrity of Mr. Schommer, whom I support.

As we come to the general election in November, I would hope to see more non-biased reporting.
JERRY STOCK

Editors Note: It is common practice to includenormation in an election results story about possible reasons why voters cast ballots the way they did It’s certainly reasonable to think that the unusual situation of one mayoral candidate being encouraged to run for office by the supporter of another mayoral candidate had an impact on the vote totals.