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The parachutists prepare to jump
Submitted by ryanteaguebeckwith on 2009-04-21 10:33Get ready for the parachutists.
With U.S. Sen. Richard Burr's re-election campaign heating up already, the national media are taking another look at lil ol' North Carolina.
And that means another round of annoying mistakes and misconceptions from reporters who've parachuted into the state.
The latest example is a tried-and-true of the genre: Confusing the Raleigh News & Observer with the Charlotte Observer. (Insert McClatchy merger joke here.)
Glenn Thrush of Politico referred to an article about Burr in "the Charlotte News & Observer" in his blog recently. Then, likely because of Thrush, The Hill's Briefing Room blog made the exact same mistake.
We at Dome pointed out the error to both blogs, but neither has fixed it.
Meantime, we got to thinking about what the national reporters need to know before reporting on North Carolina: Raleigh-Durham is not a city, Strom Thurmond was from South Carolina, Tar Heels is two words, etc.
Post your suggestions in the comment thread or e-mail dome@newsobserver.com and we'll post the best.
