mistake
Posted on | August 10, 2004 |
An email to Good Morning America (GMA) from yours truly on the eve of July 23rd:
On yesterday’s show (07/21/04), GMA showed a news clip about the Sandy Berger controversy. The segment featured clips of many legislative representatives commenting on the controversy. Included among those senators and house representatives, was Senator Tom Daschle. However, the caption noted “Sen. Tom Daschle, (D) North Dakota.” A 3-second search (on Google, for example), would have yielded the information that he, in fact, represents SOUTH Dakota. This mistake is made all the more egregious since he is the Senate Minority Leader and for a time was the Senate Majority Leader.
As less-populated states are already under-represented in the media, future attention to details such as this would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Yes, South Dakota is a state — it’s not just a region of the Dakota Territory.
Note: I originally started this post in late July.