THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, January 26, 1995 TAG: 9501260008
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 26 lines
While my complaint may smack of an overwrought cry for political correctness, I nonetheless take issue with your use of the word ``cyclists'' in the Page A1 headline ``Cyclist uses hatchet in assault on woman'' (Jan. 14).
On behalf of helmet-wearing, law-abiding, training-or-commuting cyclists, I point out that the assailant in the story was merely a man riding a bicycle, not a cyclist. Had he used a baseball bat, would you have referred to him as a baseball player?
Cyclists have enough of an image problem without having a hatchet-wielding felon added to our ranks by a careless headline writer.
RUSSELL D. JESSEE
Marlinton, W.Va., Jan. 16, 1995 by CNB