In an article on the Anchorage Daily News web site, and in Sunday's print edition, ADN writer Sean Cockerham wrote, about Diane Benson's Saturday afternoon speech:
Berkowitz' opponent in the Democratic primary, Diane Benson, said in her speech that she's covered her tattoo and taken out her eyebrow piercing to look like a candidate.
What candidate Benson actually said was:
As candidates we dress for the job, and attempt to look the part while we hope to win. I wonder if I would have gotten a tattoo, or pierced my eyebrow and all those things if I had known I’d run for office someday. To run, I covered the tattoo and took out the eyebrow piercing, but underneath it all what am I? I am a woman who wants to change the face of politics – I want to see women safe, people fed, children educated, and jobs paid well. In my life I left the darkness of despair and walked into the light of hope.
Dear Pat. Dougherty,
Your Sunday web and print editions contain a serious error by one of your best reporters, Sean Cockerham. Please fix it. I'm starting a hearing aid fund for Sean. Would you care to contribute?
Yours Truly,
Philip Munger
Progressive Alaska