The D&C responds to Massa slur - your comments made the difference
See we can make a difference.
We wrote about the LTE that slurred Massa by stating, as fact, his campaign had something to do with releasing Randy Kuhl’s divorce records in 2004. That assertion was a lie.
Your calls prompted a published retraction in this morning’s paper.
A Sunday letter to the editor incorrectly stated that Democrat Eric Massa’s campaign staff secured sealed court documents to embarrass Rep. Randy Kuhl, R-Hammondsport, Steuben County, in 2006. This leak has been attributed to the 2004 campaign of Kuhl opponent Samara Barend.
I’d link to the retraction but, not unexpectedly, it isn’t on line. So no link.
Yo D&C - put the retraction on line (maybe next to the LTE) because if you publish a retraction and no one sees it , is it really a retraction?
I would have liked the D&C’s response much, much better if it had come on Monday–which would have more closely represented the urgent need for correction. I also would have preferred that the “correction” appear on the editorial page…where the crime took place.
In all fairness, the calls and emails didn’t really get flowing until after noon on Sunday and all the calls were going to the box of somebody who had the weekend off… I don’t think it would have been possible to have an LTE response on Monday… Oh well
The minimalist approach the D&C has taken to this situation in unacceptable. I have to believe that there were hundreds of letters about this. That, in itself, is news.
There is an attitude here that I find quite troubling. I did not receive an acknowledgement of either my call or letter. Acting on a comment made here, that if the paper had not replied, they might not have received my missives. I wrote again, asking for a confirmation.
Here is the response:
“This e-mail is confirmation that your three messages have been received and noted.”
No “Thank you”, no “We appreciate reader input”. Nothing. Ugh!
Continue to cancel subscriptions. Back the Rochester Labor Council in their protest of the D&C. They’ve been bargaining since 1992 - the longest hold-out in local history. Seems they’re late to the plate with MANY important issues.
http://www.rgvalf.org/ht/display/ReleaseDetails/i/51003
the d and c sucks. check out this blog i came across yesterday that asserts the same thing: http://rocktown.blogspot.com/2007/07/why-d-and-c-sucks.html
the quality of this paper has sunk without a doubt.
it’s a daily newspaper…is it really too much to ask to be current?