Posted by
Katy Grimes on Sunday, May 03, 2009 7:05:18 PM
Over a lovely breakfast with my husband this morning, we choked several times while reading the Sunday
Sacramento Bee.
Buried on page A-12 was an AP story about the Obama Administration planning to "revamp" but use, the military tribunal system for terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. It should have been a Page 1 story.
Also buried on page A-12 was a story about Iran executing a 23-year old woman by hanging, for supposedly killing a man. She's been in custody since she was 19 when she claimed she was forced to admit to the killing. Later in her imprisonment, she said her boyfriend killed the fellow. And now she's dead. This is Iran folks - shouldn't we all know what kind of country our President wants to talk with?
Page A-3 had Calif. Supreme Court lets school expel lesbians - shouldn't this also have not been buried? " The California Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court ruling that allowed a private religious school to expel two girls for an alleged lesbian relationship." The girls attended a private Lutheran school. The court decided that since it is not a business, the school was not subject to the same anti-discrimination laws as California businesses. Whew! dodged that bullet. The gay activists are such hypocrites; if you are going to attend a religious school and get caught in a relationship or behavior that is opposed by that religion, you should get the boot. But the girls' attorney said he fears that the decision will lead to more discriminatory behavior, like racial bias in religious schools. The man is scum and apparently will say anything to justify his losing case.
The most offensive article today was Immigration foes link flu to Mexican threat claims.
This AP story blamed the spreading of swine flu fear on conservative radio talk shows... anything to justify the Fairness Doctrine. "ince the virus began to spread, talk radio hostMichael Savage has said the Mexican border should be closed immediately and that "illegal aliens are the carriers." Another radio personality, Neal Boortz, has suggested calling the virus the "fajita flu," and CNN's Lou Dobbs called it the "Mexican flu," according to the liberal watchdog group Media Matters."
"According to the liberal Media Matters..." There's a credible source of information. The story's author couldn't keep the sneering from his tone when he wrote, "In an interview, Savage, who says he has a Ph.D in epidemiology and human nutrition from the University of California-Berkeley, said his remarks were based on science.
"The first rule of epidemiology is to find the epicenter of the disease and close it off," he said. "This has nothing to do with race and everything to do with epidemiology. Viruses do not discriminate." Cheap, tawdry writing. How tough would it have been to check on Savage's Ph.D.? Instead, he questioned Savage's credibility and ignored the message - "Viruses do not discriminate;" the flu originated and has spread uncontrollably in Mexico.
Many people are disgusted with the Sacramento Bee, and it's irresponsible and biased stories like these, as well as placement that are losing the Bee, readers.