OPINION & EDITORIAL
Granias’ pro-Woods bias obvious
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by Letters to the Editor
Friday, February 23, 2007
A political comparison article, or an advertisement for Woods?
Mr. Granias chose to support Lauren Woods after he "sat down and talked" to both candidates. Granias praised Lauren for being friendlier during her interview, while Eli acted more professional as a politician would. Of course the "interview" with Woods is going to be more friendly when the interviewer has a friendly relationship with the person. Furthermore, this is a political position; I would feel more comfortable with a candidate who acts professional as alderman. The scoring system used by Granias was entirely skewed and completely unprofessional. This is a political race not a sporting event. Giving the candidates scores for their political positions is sickening. An article discussing candidate's issues should focus on the issues, not a biased misrepresentation of their personalities. Another surprise, Woods won the point race 3-0. Granias, if you want to seem unbiased in any way you should have at least made it a close race. Think about it.
The first point Granias tacked up for Woods was on the issue of safety. I am appalled that the candidate who does not consider campus safety their number one priority could win the safety column. Judge's number one priority is safety, and as a student who's safety has been threatened on multiple occasions I appreciate the concern. Granias then outlines Woods' plan
for campus safety while only dedicating one sentence to Judge. Was this editorial an advertisement for Woods, or a comparison of two candidates?
Granias then continues to give another point to Woods for student representation. Woods does have an amazing amount of experience. However, nothing can be compared to Judge's ability to unite the entire campus, shattering student vote records.
Again Granias posts Wood's entire resume in the article while only citing one example of Judge's experience. Again I ask, what is the intention of this article?
The remaining point, again awarded to Woods was for Student representation. I have one simple comment for this. Students know Eli Judge. If you ask around campus, students know and respect the positive representation of students Judge has displayed while a student at the UW.
I also find it intriguing that the article was printed on the day of the Democratic party meeting where they will be choosing which candidate to endorse. Coincidence? An article about political issues should be about just that. The Badger Herald columnist should not be using their article to support their friend's campaigns. Both Woods and Judge are extremely strong candidates, and I would encourage the residents of district 8 to meet/research each candidate and decide base on reliable information.
Jonathan Raffesberger UW junior
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 3:40am):
since when do editorials have to be unbiased?
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 9:19am):
Of course it was a biased article because it was an opinion article. He's not reporting the news here Jonathan, he's reporting his experience and his opinions about it. This is why you don't write for a paper. You clearly don't understand how it works.
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 9:55am):
IT'S AN EDITORIAL COLUMN JON! IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BIASED!
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 10:04am):
Wow. You are a freakin' paranoid maniac. You Judge supporters see evidence of collusion and conspiracy everywhere.
Could it possibly be that the author sat down with both candidates, came to a decision about whom to support, and then told us what his rationale was? Maybe you should stop drinking the College Dem kool-aid, Jonathan.
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 10:35am):
This just in: Raffesberger's pro-Judge bias obvious! Yay!
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 10:38am):
Talk about double-standards. Is this guy going to tell us that any pro-Judge editorials that have been authored were "unbiased"?
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 10:59am):
Well, it's because Austin King is freaking out about this race. He's putting all his resources into defeating Eli, which is fine, but every string he's got, he will pull. The Woods crowd is running scared that Judge has supporters...well... everywhere.
Now, as for Andy's editorial:
- 3-0 Woods. Come on. The Sherrif, Langdon Street Watch, AFSCME, Dems, Dane Co Dems exec board: all endorsing Judge. I highly doubt there was some GLARING ISSUES on safety and such that they forgot.
- Andy has a "thing" for diversity: That's fine, but there is a bias factor
- I know that Andy has personally made comments against the College Democrats
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 11:31am):
Dear Woods supporters,
It's not that Jon is arguing editorials are bad. It's that Andy tried to make his editorial seem like it was done with this altruistic, unbias editorial boardesque manner. When in fact, it was not.
Love,
-A UW student
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 1:40pm):
College Dems are just afraid to admit that it's been 15 years since they had a black student in a leadership position.
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 2:06pm):
I like Andy's articles, but I too, had a hard time taking it (the Woods piece) with 100% seriousness.
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 7:40pm):
lauren woods = puppet on a string
Anonymous (February 23, 2007 @ 11:51pm):
Woods hasn't done half as much as Judge on campus in terms of student issues, although she's very good at saying she has.
- UW student involved in orgs wirh both Judge and Woods
Anonymous (February 25, 2007 @ 3:30am):
Bingo.
Woods has been on a committee with the city. Hooray.
And now look into when she started for a fun surprise.
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