MISPLACED POLAR BEARS
The Washington Post thought it a good idea to join in the slamming of George Bush over his plans to explore for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The Post, a notoriously left-wing newspaper, went for the “awwww, isn’t that cute!” factor with a picture of a female polar bear and her two cubs. The Post told its readers that the picture of these cute bears was taking smack in the middle of the ANWR. The desired result? Readers will be outraged at the thought of disrupting or threatening the lives of these bears and will turn against the evil Bush and his energy plan.
So --- now there’s a correction! Alaskan officials knew the truth about this picture, and the Post hurried to print a correction --- which read, in part, “The file photo, taken in the early 1980s, actually showed bears on pack ice 30 miles offshore in the Beaufort Sea, about 200 miles northwest of the ANWR.”
Carelessness? Yes. Premeditated carelessness designed to promote a particular agenda? What do you think?
The Washington Post thought it a good idea to join in the slamming of George Bush over his plans to explore for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). The Post, a notoriously left-wing newspaper, went for the “awwww, isn’t that cute!” factor with a picture of a female polar bear and her two cubs. The Post told its readers that the picture of these cute bears was taking smack in the middle of the ANWR. The desired result? Readers will be outraged at the thought of disrupting or threatening the lives of these bears and will turn against the evil Bush and his energy plan.
So --- now there’s a correction! Alaskan officials knew the truth about this picture, and the Post hurried to print a correction --- which read, in part, “The file photo, taken in the early 1980s, actually showed bears on pack ice 30 miles offshore in the Beaufort Sea, about 200 miles northwest of the ANWR.”
Carelessness? Yes. Premeditated carelessness designed to promote a particular agenda? What do you think?