Several readers were understandably skeptical about a sentence on the front page Wednesday that reported Republican candidate George W. Bush was trailing Democratic candidate Al Gore in most national polls.
Some polls show the Texas governor leading, while the consensus is that the race is tight.
In fact, a Thursday story reported that this presidential election may be the closest since the 1960 cliffhanger between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon. So it's no wonder that readers are sensitive to mistakes or perceived bias. Bush certainly criticized the state of U.S. education, but I didn't see any evidence that he was insolent or abusive. A reader who is planning a high school graduation school reunion says it would be great to display a newspaper from graduation day, perhaps even the one that listed the graduates. Unfortunately, the Times-Union only has room to store newspapers for one year.