Palin jolts Capitol, energizes Republicans

In the two weeks since her selection, the former beauty queen, TV sportscaster and small-town mayor has turned into a charismatic attack dog.

In case you forgot, here is your quote “In the two weeks since her selection, the former beauty queen, TV sportscaster and small-town mayor has turned into a charismatic attack dog.”

DID YOU FORGET TO ADD Sarah Palin is ALSO A GOVERNOR!

C.R.

No. Did you forget to read the first sentence in the paragraph you are quoting? The Alaska governor is the first female Republican vice presidential nominee and America’s newest political star, replacing in that role Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama. GBU Editor

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Wouldn’t it be nice if you had the right picture of the phone in your article? Nice article, BTW.

P.T.

Yes, it would have been nice. This photo was not a good choice to illustrate this story, and if we did have to use it, the caption should have made clear what readers were seeing: GBU Editor

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Akhtar turned back at Heathrow airport

The PCB has served a legal notice on Akhtar to pay a fine of seven million rupees ($247,600) after a five-year ban was cut to 18 months. The player had been suspended for disciplinary reasons.

Your story states that seven million rupees are equal to $247,600. A correction is needed. Seven million Pakistan rupees equals 91,322 U.S. dollars

Faisal

Several readers noticed that one. We corrected: GBU Editor

REUTERS photo by Faisal Mahmood

Obama tells elderly he will protect retirement

NEWARK, New Jersey - Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama warned the elderly on Saturday that Republican rival John McCain would put their retirement income in danger.

As an AARP member, I resent being referred to as “elderly.” AARP represents people 50 years of age and older. To infer that our group only consists of the elderly is both misleading and innacurate. I hope you correct this misinformation.

Alan G.

We probably could have come up with a more appropriate word: GBU Editor

REUTERS photo by Allen Fredrickson

Photos of blaze mansion released

LONDON (Reuters) - The emergency services released pictures on Thursday of the blaze they faced at the home of millionaire businessman Christopher Foster who set the mansion alight after killing himself, his wife and daughter.

Quite a feat, you’d have to agree.

A.T.B.

Er, yes. We corrected: GBU Editor

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Palin defends qualifications, slaps Obama

ST. PAUL, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Sarah Palin defended her small-town roots and swiped at Democrat Barack Obama during a highly anticipated speech to the Republican convention on Wednesday, ridiculing her critics as “the Washington elite” who did not understand everyday life in America.

In her public debut in the spotlight, John McCain’s choice for vice president came out swinging against Obama and members of the news media who have raised questions about her qualifications.

Why in the hell are you carrying an article of Sarah Palin’s speech a full HOUR before she has said a single word?! Do you people have a time machine or something? Why not call the election, NOW?!

J.J.

She hasn’t given the speech yet. Your reporter must be psychic.

R.W.

This seemed to confuse a number of readers. We are not psychic. Our story said in the third paragraph that the quotes came from remarks prepared for delivery at the convention. Perhaps it could have gone a bit higher in the story: GBU Editor

REUTERS photo by Robert Galbraith

Do you believe that your Sarah Palin story really was fair and balanced and told both sides? Or just trash?

I have ordered my companies to remove and not replace your magazine in any of our offices.

F.S.

I believe you’re mistaking us for somebody who publishes a news magazine: GBU Editor

REUTERS photo by Brian Snyder

Your “Factbox” for John McCain lists his age as 70 when in fact he turned 72 on Friday.

G.L.

Right. We corrected: GBU Editor

Tech fair makes room for refrigerators and washers

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - More than 60 years after its debut, one of the world’s oldest consumer electronics fairs is venturing into new territory this week by making room to showcase washers, dryers, stoves and other household appliances.

At the IFA fair in Berlin — where former German Chancellor Willy Brandt turned on the world’s first color TV in 1967 — television sets remain a major attraction but they may come built into a refrigerator.

The article on the german tech fair states that it was where Willy Brandt “turned on the worlds first color television” in 1967. I wonder then what it was I was watching in 1959 here in the U.S. A color TV that had been available since 1954.

P.G.

We should have said GERMANY’S first color television. We corrected: GBU Editor

 REUTERS photo by Fabrizio Bensch

Three years after Katrina, Gulf ports at risk

By Kathy Finn

PORT FOURCHON, Louisiana (Reuters) - The drive south from New Orleans toward the Gulf of Mexico is a study in coastal vulnerability.

As the road winds through marshes and skirts bayous, dry land grows sparser by the mile.

I think the article by Kathy Finn is very important. It is the type of work that helps readers be ahead of the story rather than driven by it.

Well done.

J.S.P.

Thank you: GBU Editor

 REUTER photo by Sean Gardner