Here's a link to the story: https://www.wane.com/top-stories/van-wert-residents-targeted-for-having-harris-yard-signs/
It's a standard story during election time. Vandalism to political yard signs has been with us since, well, the first political yard sign appeared back in the 19th century. What made the WANE-15 report curious was that it implied that only signs supporting the Democratic Party presidential candidates were stolen/trashed. The local chairman of the Democrats was featured making comments about the vandalism, including concerns that residents were living in a fearful environment.
The Maven wonders why no one contacted local Republican party officials to ask if their supporters' signs were damaged or stolen. Does the Republican chairman in Van Wert believe his supporters live in a fearful environment?
The Maven has no issue with the accuracy of the story, but does have concerns about "balance".
Only interviewing the Democrat Party chairperson, and promoting a local Democratic Party event including time, location and ticket price information seems, in the Maven's opinion, to unbalance the story.
Please note: the ticket price information for the Van Wert Democratic Party event is only mentioned in the "live" report (imbedded in the story) and does not appear in the text of the story as published on WANE.COM.
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