To the Editor:

The first sentence of the Northwest Herald’s endorsement of Rep. Randy Hultgren used what has become right-wing code for the wealthy: job creator. It’s not like I was confused that the Northwest Herald was starting to lean to the left, but I always thought of it as a fair-minded, just-to-the-right-of-center newspaper.

I hear that in the newspaper business, in order to grab the readers’ attention, you have to do it in the first paragraph. With your endorsement of Hultgren, you certainly accomplished the goal.