Your article on the union rally in Annapolis ("Thousands of union members at rally," March 15) devoted too much space to the handful of tea party protestors and their counter-protest.

If this were a huge tea party rally and a couple dozen counter protestors appeared, I am sure they would merit no mention. The mainstream media has been frightened into giving excessive attention to right-wing opinion in the name of "balance." This is an artificial balance that doesn't reflect the actual situation during the protest.

Linda Olson, Baltimore