Like it or not, ADN is still the media gorilla in Alaska. A little fact
checked front page news about oil taxes would discredit the claims of
Hawker and Parnell and bring an abrupt end to any significant measure
of support BP has for its campaign to avoid paying Alaskans a fair
price for the oil they take.
Whether through campaign funds, or other means, want of
money is the only logical rational for a fully informed
legislator, or governor, or newspaper for that matter, to turn a blind eye
and/or assist a resource extractor in a quest to take Alaska's resources
for less than other resource extractors would pay if they were
given the opportunity.
KTUU News argues that ADN is a private company and has the right to print,
or not print as they wish. KTVA didn't see it that way and gave us good
coverage two weeks ago. Click here to see KTVS's coverage of our last protest in
front of the Anchorage Daily News. http://www.ktva.com/home/outbound-xml-feeds/Protest-Over-Oil-Taxes-Coverage-131378053.html
"Sin of omission" is a term you've have learned in journalism. ADN's
readers have a right to trust in ADN's truthfulness, and ADN has violated its
moral obligation to be truthful with their readers. The degree to
which The Daily News has avoided factual reporting on oil tax issues is obvious
and money for silence is only one logical reason.
Getting a fair price for Alaska's oil effects your dividend, your teachers
salary, your tuition and just about every thing government service you
depend on. Join us and make an impact on a local institution that has
sold you out as it licks the boots of British Petroleum.
Ray Metcalfe 907-344-4514
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