We'll start the weekend review with today's paper, since most of it was written last week anyway.

The only exception to the staleness in the paper is Laura Myers' work.

Not only did she hoof it outside in triple-digit heat to try and capture the essence of the last-minute campaigning, she also took the pictures.

Are there no weekend photographers at the RJ?

D-Day is important and everything, but a photo from France leading the front page?

Myers takes the angle that since her paper's poll shows 13 percent undecided, each voter captured late could sway it. http://www.lvrj.com/news/angle--lowden--tarkanian-press-the-flesh--aim-to-get-out-their-voters-95753069.html

What if the poll's wrong?

Also today, Jane Ann Morrison ponders the difficulty in voting for judges. http://www.lvrj.com/news/process-for-picking-judges-gives-turkeys--crooks-chance-95753074.html

She all but admits there's not adequate information in her paper's "Judging the Judges" series or in its primary election voter guide.

Alas, we also support electing judges and think more information is critical. That's why our sister organization has a really good look at these judicial candidates. http://www.nevadavoterguide.org

Myers also has today's Political Eye column, in which she thoroughly vets Sue Lowden's Friday claim that Sharron Angle had lied about her bio. http://www.lvrj.com/news/lowden-questions-angle-r__sum__-item-95753094.html

If you read this online, you'll see the RJ's website doesn't like the paper's special characters in the word résumé.

Myers also has a brite about Ross Miller -- maybe to make up for her paper's attacks on him related to the pro-Sandoval ad produced by an out-of-state PAC.

We don't happen to think The Lost Winnemucca years charge is the kind of late-minute allegation Myers should have spent so much time on. But we're glad she's industrious. No problem with her work ethic.

Now, where's that Ben Spillman? He's still on the payroll, right?

**June 6, 2010

We'll start with the positive. And there were three good pieces in the Sunday RJ.

Best of them -- Henry Brean's look at Esmeralda county. http://www.lvrj.com/news/esmeralda-county-has-few-people--fewer-jobs--but-don-t-talk-about-consolidation-95716319.html

Well executed. Great lede. Decent pics. Bravo.

Now the political bravos -- the RJ ran two stories (FINALLY) that actually take a critical look at Sen. John Ensign. The first was tag-teamed by Jeff German and Steve Tetreault. http://www.lvrj.com/news/ensign-tries-to-ignore-predictions-that-his-political-life-is-over-95716329.html

We're not sure which of these reporters got the Ensign interview, but bravo!

This was a tough get, deep with context (although the first reference to Doug Hampton appeared as if the reader knew him well). We're happy to see that Ensign's legal defense fund has gotten the editors to realize Ensign's in some trouble.

Carri Geer Thevenot also reports on the legal strategy involved http://www.lvrj.com/news/prosecutors-could-charge-ensign-s-former-top-aide-95716364.html

The problem with these two pieces is that they quote a very integral part of the investigation -- Melanie Sloan of the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington -- without disclosing that the RJ's Righthaven LLC has sued CREW for posting an Ensign story online.

We think disclosure is critical. So we're happy to tell you our sister organization, ProgressNow Nevada, has an online petition asking Ensign to resign. We also posted one of Ensign's quotes from the article on its Facebook page with a link to the petition.

At any rate, you can see why we're happy the RJ has finally turned a critical eye to Ensign. And you can also see a real-time example of how the Righthaven lawsuits are getting in the way of the paper's coverage.

Also Sunday we got more Senate polling. Nothing really new there.

Hubble Smith does more PR for his friends in real estate. http://www.lvrj.com/business/area-homeowners-flustered-while-trying-to-ward-off-foreclosures-95716474.html You can rest assured Smith will never do a thorough look at strategic walk-away foreclosures. Wouldn't want to let that cat out of the bag.

Let's move to the hypocrisy of the editorial "Eye on the Prize."

http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/eye-on-the-prize-95716734.html

This election is all about Harry Reid. But we find the endgame completely out of touch with the paper's past statements. "Silver State voters will have an opportunity to send a message that will be heard across the country. One that repudiates bailouts and government takeovers of private industry."

So back when the bailout happened. Back in 2008 when Bush was in office, both Reid and Ensign voted yes. Here's what the RJ editorial said on Oct. 3, 2008.

"Without pointing fingers, Sen. Reid reached across the aisle to work with Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., which produced a package that garnered majority support and many expect will win approval when the House again takes up the matter today. 'Inaction is not an option,' said Sen. Reid. 'This is - I repeat - a crisis... We've got to get this done.' He got it done. And in doing so, Sen. Reid stepped forward to exhibit a trait that has become all too rare in Washington these days: real leadership."

Wait, there's more.

On Oct. 2, 2008 Publisher Sherm Frederick was also rooting for the bailout, saying "good for them" about Ensign's and Reid's votes.

"It's in everyone's best interest for Congress to fix the problem," Frederick wrote.

Wait, there's more.

Here's what Frederick blogged the next day, Oct. 3, 2008.

"Since I'm none too bashful about giving Harry hell when I think he's screwed up, it's only right I give him praise when I think Sen. Reid has done something well. Harry exhibited great leadership on the credit market rescue bill this week. He brought the emergency bill to a vote in an orderly way, refrained from partisanship, and got the thing passed," Frederick blogged. http://www.lvrj.com/blogs/sherm/Right_votes_on_rescue_bill.html

Now fast forward two years and the RJ is claiming the reason voters need to oppose Reid is because of his actions that the paper and its publisher championed.

** June 5, 2010

On Saturday, Ed Vogel tries to show he's fair and balanced by saying both the GOP and the Democrats are "optimistic" about their chances in Legislative races. http://www.lvrj.com/news/nevada-democrats-say-they-may-gain-legislative-seats-in-elections-95664829.html

That's kind of like reporting that John Chachas is optimistic about his chances tomorrow in the Senate primary.

We would have preferred a little more context from Vogel. Which one of them actually has the better chance. Fair and balanced is critical in political stories, but accuracy is vital.

Vogel also has a little sidebar is which he again, mentions optimism and confidence.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/challenger-in-state-senate-race-more-confident-than-ever-95678744.html

Now, over in the Sun, RGJ reporter Anjeanette Damon has a more interesting take. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jun/06/democrats-toil-keep-their-senate-majority/

She notes Democrats "Toil" to keep their Senate majority. Her column runs with a big old picture of Joyce Woodhouse.

That's called telegraphing the political news. Sen. Woodhouse is the most vulnerable Dem. The Democrats may be optimistic, but the reality right now ain't.

Also on Saturday, the RJ had the first of its polls. http://www.lvrj.com/news/poll--sandoval-maintains-lead-over-gibbons-95678719.html We'll see just how closely they fall to Tuesday's results.

** Correction Time

On Saturday the RJ corrected a Friday story by Jeff German. German, a longtime Sun journalist, logs his first correction at the RJ. We'll add him to the tally.

A story that ran in Friday's Review-Journal about grand jury indictments sought by Clark County prosecutors against Dr. Dipak Desai, the central figure in Southern Nevada's 2008 hepatitis C scare, should have said that Rajat Sood was the physician who arrived at an undisclosed settlement with Henry Chanin and his wife.

This had to be a tough headline for the RJ to write.

"GOP ads fast, loose with the truth."

The story by Laura Myers is a little bit fast and loose with the truth, too.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-ads-fast--loose-with-truth-95599454.html

Laura Myers tries to fact check the GOP ads. She provides this background: "In 2003 when Angle was a Reno assemblywoman she proposed Nevada lawmakers take a trip to Mexico to look at a program called Second Chance that helps prisoners kick drugs, which could lead them to give up crime. She wanted Nevada to consider adopting the treatment program, but the Democratic leadership in the Assembly nixed the Angle trip."

First of all Reno doesn't have assemblywomen. Angle was an Assemblywoman from Reno. Angle took a trip to Mexico. She put in a bill drift request to institute the program. She urged lawmakers to take a junket paid for by a man with Scientology ties.

The Assembly leadership didn't want anyone going to Mexico during the heart of the massive tax issue of 2003.

So the lesson is, if you're going to do a fact check. Get your facts correct.

We should also note that FactCheck.org, whose feed is on the bottom of this page, did a very thorough fact check on the spa ad.

http://factcheck.org/tag/sharron-angle/

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The question about this story, isn't why the RJ ran it, but why the RJ didn't have its own version of it.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/governor-says-he-won-t-seek-office-again-if-he-loses-95599039.html

This is an Associated Press story about Jim Gibbons publicly prepping for his lameduckness. Important news the RJ should cover.

**

If you ever needed more proof that the RJ and Sun are completely separate editorial beasts, consider this correction.

"A story published in Wednesday's Review-Journal about the death of Las Vegas Sun publisher Barbara Greenspun should have said she married her husband, the late Hank Greenspun, in 1944."

This is from a story by Lawrence Mower.

Both Las Vegas papers got shots of First Lady Michelle Obama high-fiving at Red Rock National Conservation Area on Tuesday, it's just that the Sun got a much better pic.

Here's the Sun's Steve Marcus' "money" shot against the glorious backdrop.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jun/01/michelle-obama-promotes-child-health-program-las-v/

And here's Kevin Cannon's.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/michelle-obama-praises-reid-95370739.html

There's no difference in the quality of the photographers' overall portfolios from the event, it's just that the RJ editors picked the one that looked the silliest -- both for Mrs. Obama and Sen. Harry Reid -- the pic that appears to be patty-cake.

This was simply a photo op -- the kind First Lady Laura Bush did during election years when the former librarian came to local schools.

The two stories in the two papers couldn't be more different. The Sun stuck to Obama's agenda -- childhood obesity. The RJ -- thankfully for us political watchers -- ventured into the political nature of the event.

Laura Myers lays out the Reid is in dire trouble angle pretty thickly. And once again urges the paper's GOP readers not to go with Sharron Angle.

"Reid refused Tuesday to talk about his potential Republican foe, although his campaign has made it clear in its constant attacks against Sue Lowden that it doesn't want the former Nevada GOP chairwoman to emerge the victor over Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle. The two former Nevada legislators are running neck and neck in most polls, with Danny Tarkanian in third."

The compare/contrast on the "story of the day" is illustrative of the need for a healthy competitive newspaper environment.

And to that end, we mark the passing of the Las Vegas Sun's matriarch -- Barbara Greenspun.

In that Mrs. Greenspun was disinterested in her husband's news product over the past decade, her death shouldn't impact her family's interest in the local media scene.

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The RJ also does its duty in reporting the official complaints flying into the Federal Election Commission against Republican Senate candidates.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/complaints-fly-in-senate-race-95382659.html

"Leaving no stone unturned in its bid to soften Republican Senate challenger Sue Lowden, the Nevada Democratic Party filed a complaint with the FEC over Lowden's spending in the final days of the GOP primary race," Steve Tetreault writes.

Hmmm. So Tetreault treats possible illegality as a campaign stunt.

In another piece of fine reporting, Ben Spillman suggests there are more problems with Scott Ashjian -- the official Tea Party candidate.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/senate-hopeful-s-company-files-for-bankruptcy-95396109.html

It's a process story. Back when Ashjian filed, the Sun was heavy on the investigation.

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The paper corrected one of its spelling errors from Tuesday.

"The last name of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Danny Tarkanian's campaign manager, Brian Seitchik, was misspelled in Tuesday's Las Vegas Review-Journal."

The Review-Journal gives Sue Lowden more free space today to vetch about "liberal" attacks on her.

Since I'm out of town, I suspect the Laura Myers piece is atop the front page, where all the pro-Lowden puffery runs. Online it leads the website and looks long enough to be the paper's biggest focus. http://www.lvrj.com/news/lowden--angle-tactics-vary-95492444.html

There's actually no "news" in this piece, just more freedom for Lowden to bitch.

The Las Vegas Sun also delves into this non-news front with a big splash and artwork.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/jun/03/whats-behind-lowden-pelting/

David McGrath Schwartz does the exact opposite of what Myers did. He suddenly, with five days to go before the primary, decides to try to figure out why Sen. Harry Reid's campaign machine and allies are attacking Lowden.

He clearly gets no answer and provides no real insight.

Maybe on a non-news day, reporters should just let the election happen without generating non-stories.

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There's another one-source special from Ed Vogel today. This time he allows Gov. Jim Gibbons the free space to tout an anti-public employee initiative. There's no quotes from any state worker, any union or anyone who might think this is clearly just a political stunt by a soon-to-be lame duck governor.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/governor-s-volunteers-to-begin-gathering-signatures-95492279.html

Vogel's sure writing like a lame duck journo these days. Tuesday came his section-front sodomy of the Nevada Policy Research Institute (more about that in NPRI Watch). Now he gives a free pass to Gibbons of all people.

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We know it's hard to keep track of the two senators you have to cover, but Steve Tetreault was a little late in finding John Ensign's legal defense fund filing.

Tetreault reports today (six days after the fact) that Ensign formed his defense fund Friday -- almost a year after Ensign's sordid affair with the wife of a staffer was revealed, leading to attempted pay-offs and cover-ups that are the source of the current criminal and ethical probes against Nevada's junior senator.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/ensign-starts-fund-to-pay-his-legal-fees-95440954.html

Now in defense of Tetreault, Ensign has pulled a classic Beltway Bush-era stunt -- doing something late on a Friday of a three-day weekend right before a congressional recess.

A sick tactic by a desperate politician. Too bad Tetreault's piece is silent about that.

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There are plenty of foul-ups to report on today, too.

The RJ has once again given some poor senior reader who travels to Stateline each week for lottery tickets a heart attack.

"The Mega Millions numbers for Tuesday's drawing were incorrect in Wednesday's Review-Journal. The correct numbers were: 12, 27, 44, 45, 51 and the Mega Ball was 30."

The next correction stems from a feature article by Kristi Jourdan.

Here are some random thoughts on the RJ's coverage as the primary campaign enters its final countdown.

Today marks one day to go until Election Day, so the RJ does the obligatory "GOP Hopefuls Sprint To Finish" piece on its front page. http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-hopefuls-sprint-to-finish-95298319.html

So, how does the RJ lead voters? Sue Lowden's picture is above the fold. Sharron Angle's tiny head is on the fold and Danny Tarkanian's suffering with the seniors at bingo hour below it.

Laura Myers tries to show us the "last-minute" campaign strategy. What she does is rehash some stuff that conveniently happened four days ago and get a lot of non-answers from campaign strategists about their GOTV plans.

Four days ago isn't "last-minute." Now, to be certain, all campaigns have been in GOTV mode for 10 days now thanks to Early Voting. Typically, GOTV occurs in the last 72 hours before Election Day.

So we're not really last minute yet. And showing us something that happened four days ago isn't even relevant in terms of the present minute.

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The Review-Journal also gives section front coverage to its conservative pals at the Nevada Policy Research Institute today.

And this is a completely ONE SOURCE story -- all 28 long paragraphs of it -- that belongs in the briefs.

NPRI released a study suggesting Nevada should solidify its sales tax base by removing all of the exemptions (including those on food.)

Ed Vogel treats this study as if its the solution to Nevada's $3 billion deficit, giving NPRI and its fiscal analyst Geoffrey Lawrence the full run of his story. http://www.lvrj.com/news/group--impose--taxes-on-all-sales-95298344.html

There isn't a peep from anyone remotely liberal. There isn't a general line in the piece that states taxing food is highly unpopular. And there isn't even a check in with any other fiscal watchdogs like the Nevada Taxpayers Association; political parties, etc.

Vogel's piece wouldn't even generate a C grade in Journalism 101. If we were grading, we'd fail him. A one source story is either the epitome of laziness or a sure sign of bias.

Here's how the paper treated a "progressive" group's tax study back in April. With plenty of scrutiny to be sure.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/study-makes-case-for-state-income-tax-90726749.html

Funny how Vogel gives the paper's wire service (NPRI) such a free pass. We guess Vogel doesn't understand one of his paper's biggest legislative battles -- keeping its sales tax exemptions on newspapers and newspaper production.

**

There's no corrections in today's RJ, but there should be tomorrow.

The editorial today misspells attorney Frank Cremen's name. http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/an-unhappy-case-95298574.html

The Review-Journal finally got around to finishing its candidate profiles Sunday -- just in time for the ninth day of voting.

Chad Christensen got some front-page coverage of his Dump Reid truck (which is probably why the RJ decided to include him.) http://www.lvrj.com/news/gop-senate-hopeful-christensen-curries-favor-in-mormon-church-95211509.html

This article was the first of the GOP Senate profiles to actually label itself. Of course, we think it came too late. When you tell people this is the last in the series, it only works if you labeled the entire series.

Also on Sunday, the RJ finally got around to profiling the INCUMBENT GOVERNOR seeking re-election. http://www.lvrj.com/news/embattled-governor-has-piloted-state-during-its-deepest-recession-95211539.html

It's telling who the RJ is pulling for -- anyone but Jim Gibbons -- apparently hoping to boost the GOP's chances in holding the seat.

This story was also finally labeled as the last in the series. Too bad the others weren't so labeled.

Also in the finally getting around to writing about category -- John L. Smith has finally figured out enough chicken puns to get him through an entire column on Sue Lowden -- seven weeks after the controversy began. http://www.lvrj.com/news/lowden-needs-to-give-campaign-doctors-flock-of-chickens-95211519.html

There was a curious bit of "top news" in the Sunday paper with our sister organization ProgressNow Nevada's First Amendment issue rising front and center in the Week in Review section.

We say curious in that the Review-Journal doesn't see it as a First Amendment issue, but apparently sees it as worthy of substantial coverage. http://www.lvrj.com/news/top-news-95211549.html

Also Sunday, you see, editor Thomas Mitchell was on his First Amendment high horse against Secretary of State Ross Miller on an issue involving conservative political speech. http://www.lvrj.com/opinion/you-do-not-need-a-permit-for-free-speech-95211894.html

Mitchell argues you don't need a permit for free speech. Well then why not mention Miller's other "assault" on free speech -- his banning of chicken paraphernalia from the polls? Mitchell doesn't consider that a First Amendment issue because, as he's written before when he suggested women lose the right to vote, he only supports conservative rights and conservative political speech.

Clearly Mitchell's the biggest hypocrite in the room.

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In today's RJ there's a classic lazy political notebook by Ben Spillman.

Seems Mr. Spillman doesn't like getting what he calls an "oppo drop" late in the campaign. Even though he clearly has no problem profiling the sitting governor in his re-election bid late in the campaign. http://www.lvrj.com/news/campaign-attacks-intensify-with-extreme--oppo-drops--95246809.html

Still Spillman does his part to completely vet the allegations against Brian Sandoval (allegations which come from the right, by the way.)

When it comes to already published reports against someone on the left, Spillman completely ignores what he considers "whispers" without addressing the real issue in the Democratic primary for state Senate District 7. You see, unlike whispers, one of the candidates has raised the allegations in a mailer.

That's not an oppo drop. That's called covering a race.

And since it's on the Democratic side of the aisle, the RJ ignores it as if it isn't news. The Las Vegas Sun, on the other hand, had a decent look at the controversy in a well-reported May 25 article. http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/may/25/misdeeds-are-front-center/

That's how a reporter who isn't lazy treats the shenanigans going on in the District 7 race.

Also today, the RJ is sad its paid shill, er columnist, has last the truly significant post of Libertarian Party Chairman.

http://www.lvrj.com/news/root-falters-in-bid-to-grab-top-libertarian-party-national-post-95246904.html

This proves that even among Libertarians, Wayne Root isn't seen as credible. Guess the RJ will have to catch up to that bandwagon.

We normally don't encourage anyone to listen to right-wing radio, but sometimes that's where you have to go to find the RJ's staff.

When the Review-Journal had the first poll showing Sharron Angle moving up in the GOP primary, it heralded it as game-changing.

But today, when the RJ poll shows -- for the first time -- Sen. Harry Reid's re-election chances to be alive and kicking, the headline is completely hidden on the front page.

Why?

The insidious weekend entertainment flap covers a picture of Reid and his name in the headline "Reid picture improves."

The way the physical paper looks, it seems as though Norm Clarke is the one who improved.

The poll story once again erroneously highlights Sue Lowden as the best candidate in the race, despite the poll results that negate that declaration.

The big headline: "Reid picture improves" has a smaller subhed off to the left side that declares "But survey shows Sue Lowden gives GOP best chance of wining in the fall." http://www.lvrj.com/news/survey-shows-lowden-gives-gop-best-chance-of-winning-in-fall-95095039.html

That headline might work if it were accurate.

The poll's margins -- Lowden over Reid 42-39; Reid over Angle 42-39 and Tarkanian over Reid 42-41 all say the exact same thing statistically. There's no difference between 3 points one way or the other when the margin of error is more than 4.

So who has the best chance? I say the poll shows the answer to be a coin flip. But the RJ is rooting for Lowden and today's headlines and skewed story once again prove it.

How can you possible view the poll results and declare Lowden has the best chance to beat Reid?

Before the jump readers are told: "The poll also reinforces the notion Angle is too far right to attract eough of the independents and crossover Democrats she would need to win."

What?

How the heck does a poll showing a coin flip make that declaration?

On the front page of the paper, the poll numbers are in deep red boxes.

Right below that in deep red type, is what's known in the biz as a refer. It says: "Senate panel finds some omissions in Lowden campaign finance report. Page 12A."

The story on Page 12A http://www.lvrj.com/news/lowden-told-to-amend-personal-finance-report-95095054.html is more bad news for Lowden. The RJ ran it with a photo of the smiling candidate receiving a big cookie at her campaign headquarters.

If you don't think that's skewing the news, you've already voted for Lowden.

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Today's correction in the RJ once again shows how poorly the paper covers the economic crisis in Las Vegas.

"A May 20 Review-Journal story about a proposed development at Fremont Street and Eastern Avenue contained an error. The Pair-A-Dice Motel is open for business although its business license is expired, according to the Las Vegas business licensing office."

This comes from a piece by Alan Choate. The story online has not been amended to reflect the correction. Thus even though the RJ has formally corrected the record, the erroneous report is still on the Internet.
**

It should also be noted that the Phoenix Suns are still "avoiding a series sweep" and now trail the Lakers 3-2 in their Best-of-Seven series. In case you missed it, the RJ was besides itself on the front page declaring the Suns avoided elimination when they won their first game. That still hasn't been corrected.

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Still no outrage from the First Amendment defenders over at the RJ about Ross Miller's little unconstitutional chicken paraphernalia ban at the polls. Even Chuck Muth is blogging about how bogus it is. http://nevadanewsandviews.com/2010/05/27/don%E2%80%99t-be-a-chicken-stand-up-for-free-speech/

Just goes to show that the RJ will only defend political speech when it's conservative. At least the conservative Muth understands the Constitution expresses no bias.

There's been an interesting lack of official silence from the state's so-called biggest Free Speech defender.

Could it be that they don't really like all political speech?

On Wednesday, the RJ's editorial complained about Secretary of State Ross Miller's move to "quash political ads."

Interestingly enough, this editorial isn't found on the RJ's website, so I can't link you to it. But the premise was that Miller, a Democrat, was bad for saying a Republican-allied PAC, Alliance for America's Future must register in Nevada before airing political ads here.

"No one -- not the wealthiest businessman, the most politically involved union, nor the average citizen -- needs permission from a bureaucrat or elected official to exercise their First Amendment rights," the editorial concluded.

So, why no defense of the First Amendment against Miller's other decision -- the one banning any chicken paraphernalia from polling sites?

Apparently the First Amendment is not important for the RJ's edit page when the speech isn't the type they like.

The RJ's news staff did cover the issue, sort of, today.  http://www.lvrj.com/news/ban-on-chicken-suits-at-polling-places-still-stands-94951574.html

And since this story involves our sister organization, ProgressNow Nevada, we have first-hand knowledge of working with the news staff on this.

ProgressNow Nevada sent a press release Tuesday afternoon to all news outlets. Later Tuesday afternoon, ProgressNow Nevada, sent a copy of a letter it sent to the aforementioned Miller, to a number of political reporters, columnists and editorial writers in the state.

The RJ sent estimable photographer John Locher to the Wednesday protest outside the Rainbow Library. That photographer later called me to contact information for one of my protesters -- the subject of his cool photo on the front of the Nevada section.

Neither RJ reporter who covered this story showed up at the protest. It's an interesting way to cover a story -- one reporter in the North, one in the South, and none at the actual event that sparked the story.

Back to the paper's strong defense of its Constitutional bedrock rights... What if Miller had also banned UNLV T-shirts this election? Is a UNLV T-shirt indicative of support for Danny Tarkanian the way a KFC shirt apparently is against Sue Lowden?

You can see clearly why Miller's regulation isn't enforceable against the First Amendment. We just wish those who are so quick to defend political speech would defend ALL political speech.

And we would have liked if Ed Vogel or Kristi Jourdan had quoted the relevant part of our letter to Miller about free speech.

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We'd like to thank Laura Myers for correcting her Wednesday blog post about our letter to Ross Miller. Somehow she got our name wrong, even though it's pretty big on the letterhead and our press releases.

The RJ also ran an official correction Wednesday.

"Teyler Williams, not Aisha Momodu, ran the anchor leg in the 800 relay for Rancho High School at the Class 4A girls state track meet Friday in Reno."

This was an error by Phil Lawton, covering state track championships in Reno for the RJ. We're happy to add him to the Correction Tally.