Super Tuesday: The East Carolinian Way
Super Tuesday proved to be an important day not only for presidential candidates but for voters as well. It is imperative that when results are summarized in articles that they are unbiased so they won’t influence the reader. The East Carolinian (also called the TEC), a newspaper for the students at East Carolina University, did a great job.
The TEC reported cold, hard facts and included results for all the candidates. One of the democratic nominees, Barck Obama,took a few steps forward by claiming thirteen states. His democratic opponent, Hilary Clinton,won over eight. Although Clinton fell short of Obama in state votes, she led in the number of delegates that supported her.
On the republican side Mitt Romney got the support of seven states, Mike Huckabee won five, and John McCain held onto support from a majority of the delegates. The results of the primary are too close, making it hard to make any predictions concerning the 2008 presidential election.
The only feeling that showed in the article was how unfortunate it was that North Carolina was unable to participate in this big day with voting not taking place here until May.
There was even unbiased advice at the end of the article encouraging voters to review all of the platforms of each presidential campaign. The writer of this article understands the importance of words and how saying the right thing can give useful information without attempting to influence the readers’ opinion.
Filed under: Spring 2008, Super Primary Tuesday