media bias
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Trouble with it is the wolf did not attack the mother or the child (in a carriage)- I guess dogs actually killing a person are just not interesting enough. How about this article from Treehugger (A Discovery Company)? The headline is “Wolf Attacks Mother Walking with Child in Sweden.” Notice how cleverly written it is…
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FAIR Magazine deconstructs the latest proclaimation that a nuclear (power) renaissance is happening- FAIR Magazine watches for media bias and censorship whether it comes from corporations, non-profits, the government or the institutional biases inherent to journalism. In the past, FAIR took time to examine the bias now the media reports about the wolf restoration. Below…
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Fair and balanced! Their Washington Bureau news chief emailed them saying, “refrain from asserting that the planet has warmed (or cooled) in any given period without IMMEDIATELY pointing out that such theories are based upon data that critics have called into question.” Apparently they would be expected to say “some scientists say there was an…
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Terrible! Terrible! The vicious beasts actually dug up the carcass of a dead cow- Wolves at the door: Wallowa County [Oregon] ranchers face their worst fears. By Kathleen Ellyn. Wallowa County Chieftain. According to this reporter, not only did the bad wolves dig in a rancher’s bone pit, they left big scary tracks in the…
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Finally, a real study, and released to the public- Not surprisingly (to me anyway) the effect of wolves on elk populations varies by area and presence of other predators such as grizzly bears. In addition hunters affect elk more than wolves. When considering wolves and ungulates alone, I take this report to be generally quite…
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Talk about over-the-top bias . . . ! Would this story make any local news if the sheep were killed by something other than a wolf? Eight dead sheep is normally not news. The fact that the owner won’t seek reimbursement indicates this is not about economics, but social hostility, aided and abetted by the…