On Page A3 of Wednesday’s Portland Press Herald, your headline on a Washington Post story states, “At least six Clinton emails are deemed to be classified,” followed by a subtitle that suggests that Hillary Clinton is lying when she says “she did not receive or send classified information.”
In the second paragraph, however, the story confirms that government officials classified the information in those six emails after she left office, after she had received and/or sent them.
In short, your headline should have stated that Clinton’s emails were not deemed to be classified when she received or sent them and that after examining thousands of her emails, the State Department has found no proof that she received or sent classified information while in office.
The Portland Press Herald has an obligation to make that clear.
Deborah H. Gould
Brunswick
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