Carville speech report inaccurate

I attended the legislative conference at the state Capitol Tuesday, and I felt that the article on James Carville's speech was very inaccurate. The article stressed Carville's criticism of Ken Starr and the Republicans, and that was not Carville's message at all. He only criticized Starr when he was asked about the independent counsel, and said very little on his feelings toward Republican leadership. Yet, these were the first issues brought up in the article.

Carville's main message was society's growing contempt of politicians, especially in the media. This was mentioned in the article, but not until the end of the article, as a minor point.

Now I understand that a newspaper would not want to criticize the media on its own front page, but the article should have stressed the issues that Carville did. By not doing so, you fail in your main objective as journalists: To present the news as it happens, as objectively as possible. By switching the facts around to make a story more interesting, you are proving the same criticisms that Carville spoke out against.

Tom Stack
History and political science sophomore