News (Media Awareness Project) - US CA: PUB LTE: Biased Reporting |
| Title: | US CA: PUB LTE: Biased Reporting |
| Published On: | 2009-05-22 |
| Source: | Merced Sun-Star (CA) |
| Fetched On: | 2009-05-22 15:23:41 |
BIASED REPORTING
Editor: Regard the editorial Tuesday in the Sun-Star, "It's time to talk pot."
The Sun-Star cannot seem to help adding a reefer madness element to a
report on marijuana.
To wit: the statement that "(alcohol) certainly is a factor in more
deaths each year (than marijuana)" is misleading because alcohol
causes more than 100,000 deaths every year while medical science has
not yet discovered a fatality caused by ingesting marijuana.
We cannot have an honest debate about marijuana with biased
reporting.
RALPH GIVENS
Daly City
Editor: Regard the editorial Tuesday in the Sun-Star, "It's time to talk pot."
The Sun-Star cannot seem to help adding a reefer madness element to a
report on marijuana.
To wit: the statement that "(alcohol) certainly is a factor in more
deaths each year (than marijuana)" is misleading because alcohol
causes more than 100,000 deaths every year while medical science has
not yet discovered a fatality caused by ingesting marijuana.
We cannot have an honest debate about marijuana with biased
reporting.
RALPH GIVENS
Daly City
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