Fox News on Ashland: "Haven for hippies"
http://www.dailytidings.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20091214/NEWS/912149998/-1/NEWSMAP
By Tidings Staff
December 14, 2009
This morning, Fox News offered up its take on Ashland's controversial
topic of public nudity. Anchor Bill Hemmer kicks it off saying "The
folks out there in Ashland, Oregon can't keep their clothes on,
apparently. And apparently it's allowed, too."
Fox reporter Dan Springer added his two cents from Seattle: "They've
[city of Ashland] been talking about this for years, I kid you not.
This all started about a couple of years ago, when a woman, one of
those hippies you mentioned, moved up to Ashland from California. She
decided she didn't want to wear clothes anymore."
In actuality, the debate over public nudity began before the "hippie"
Springer mentioned was living in Ashland. A partial ban was put into
place in 2004, banning nudity in city parks and Downtown.
Springer also mentioned in the report a Minnesota man "doing laps
around an elementary school," which is not entirely true. The said
man was seen jogging past Ashland High School, not an elementary
school. And it was never reported that he was "doing laps" around it.
An interview with Ashland School Board member Keith Massie further
exacerbates Fox News' inaccurate report.
"When a guy travels from Minnesota, and he tells your... the police
chief that he came to Ashland because we allow nudity, that's a
pretty scary thought as a resident of Ashland," Massie said.
From the Tidings' Oct. 15 story: Mayor reverses: Ban nudity near schools
The man appeared to be intentionally walking around the perimeter of
Ashland High School last week while students were present, and later
the man put his clothes on and was seen in the school's parking lot,
Holderness said.
The man told a police officer that he had come to Ashland from
Minnesota because he knew he could walk around nude in Ashland,
Holderness said.
Despite Springer's inaccuracies, he does deliver a pretty good line:
"About the only thing that's cooled down this debate, has been the
weather, Bill."
Watch the video and see for yourself. [Video no longer available at URL.]
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