TV’s Role in Elections

Re “How TV Killed Democracy on Nov. 7,” Commentary, Feb. 14: After the votes had been counted twice and George W. Bush was the leader in the Florida vote count, I find it odd that anyone would think that the person with the lead in an election, no matter how slim, should concede. Local elections are frequently decided with margins of as few as one vote, and no one thinks the winner should concede. It’s time to get over it--Bush is president for the next four years.

WALTER T. BACHE

Artesia

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Thank you, Todd Gitlin, for skewering the myth of “the liberal media.” There is no liberal media. There are the far right-wing media, the right-wing media (which are the vast majority of newspapers, television and radio stations in this county--and abroad, for that matter) and the centrist media, which the other two call the liberal media.

RAOUL CONTORTO

Lawndale

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Congratulations on printing Gitlin’s bitter, rambling nonsense as a commentary. My cat Mickey often walks across my computer keyboard. But I don’t print it out.

TOM MANTKE

Los Angeles