Tamara Millay worked as hard as -- if not harder than -- any candidate the Missouri Libertarian Party has ever put on the ballot. And it paid off in certain ways -- more media coverage and acknowledgments like Janovy's that "third party" candidates don't get the depth of coverage that they deserve.
I don't think that Tamara's dress and hair clashed, though.
I did some searching today on Google. For all that most print and broadcast journalists say that coverage is driven by support levels, I found that Tamara got about half of 1 percent as much coverage as either of the major party candidates, and "digger" Romano even less.
Both of them outperformed those percentages easily -- and if they got anything approaching "equal time," third-party candidates could expect double-digit vote totals and at least occasional victories.
Tom Knapp
Campaign Manager, Millay for U.S. Senate
St. Louis
I was the editor-in-chief of my high-school newspaper, and I knew writers who would sit down, start writing off the top of their heads, and the article would be garbage. That did not happen here. Harkness went out of his way to do interviews with fans, other rappers and ICP themselves. Thank you for a great piece.
Chris Cassimus
Denver, Colorado
I still think that the Pitch could be doing more coverage of Lawrence. I would like to see more pressing social issues than waste-of-neck cheating wrestler and the lovable yet backward posse that hates him (Joe Miller's "Truth or Derek," November 7). But that's really just my own opinion. Also, there are some new galleries opening in Lawrence. The art scene is so fucking lame-ass around here, it could really use a boost from a well-read paper such as yours.
You have the power to do good, Pitch. Use it. Don't turn to the wrong side of the force.
Emily Tamblyn
Lawrence
I am mostly upset about the so-called "self-proclaimed homeboys" Pomeroy. How can he be so blatantly inaccurate as to make such a stupid comparison to DC Talk? Does he even know what he's talking about? "Elevate" sounds just about as far from anything DC Talk has ever released as he is from anyone with an IQ over 60.
That said, I would like to tell him how much I resent his newspaper, as well as himself, for making it so damn hard for a local band to make a name for themselves. Your paper's ignorant and obviously biased coverage of the local music scene has nauseated me for years. Harkness knows nothing about local music. Is he even from Kansas City, or is this some kind of bullshit that he just makes up for a paycheck? These bands -- namely Pomeroy -- work hard and seem to be getting due respect everywhere but their hometown. When they make it big, I hope Harkness has the balls to ask them for an interview, because they're gonna laugh in his face.
Casey Stealey
Shawnee, Kansas
Editor's note: The Pitch bought the Note in 1995 (well before New Times bought the Pitch).
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