At 06:58 AM 4/8/02 -0700, Dave Kruger wrote: ><skimmer_at_mail3.enter.net> [Charles Sutherland] wrote: > >We will never know for sure what happened to the guy. I join you and others in bemoaning the >unenlightened reporting of the incident in the local press. It certianly was a lousy, lazy, and possibly unethical job of reporting and headline writing, almost to the point of libel. In my own case, I would never say that alcohol was a contributing factor to any kind of accident unless I could clearly quote a police report. I frankly thing the quality of local news coverage has gone down on a nationwide basis in the past few years, but I'm not going to get up on that soap box right now. -- Wes --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wes Boyd's Kayak Place http://www2.dmci.net/wesboyd/kayak.htm Kayaks for Big Guys (And Gals) | Trip Reports | Places To Go | Boats & Gear --------------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Apr 08 2002 - 07:56:38 PDT
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