Every few weeks The Day prints a notice on the editorial pages titled "How to contact your elected legislators in Washington." Sen. Joe Lieberman is always listed in the notice as a Democrat.
On Nov. 19 The Day ran a story on Sen. Lieberman in which reporter Ted Mann referred to "Joe Lieberman, D-Conn." And in Morgan McGinley's column last Sunday he also referred to Joe Lieberman as "Connecticut's junior Democratic senator."
Although Joe Lieberman caucuses with Connecticut's Democratic senators, he ran for the Senate as an independent, not a Democrat, and he's not a member of Connecticut's Democratic Party delegation. The least the Day could do is acknowledge this fact and change the (D) after his name to an (I) when doing a story on him.
EDITOR'S NOTE: SEN. JOSEPH LIEBERMAN REMAINS A REGISTERED MEMBER OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. AS LONG AS SEN. LIEBERMAN IS A REGISTERED DEMOCRAT, THE DAY PLANS TO IDENTIFY HIS PARTY AFFILIATION AS DEMOCRATIC.
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