[USMA:38750] Rumblings: the US press

[Scott Hudnall]

I was watching CNN the other night, and it really hit me how much the US press "dumbs down" the news - and not just converting metric to imperial measures. Lou Dobbs did a segment on the surge in Hansen's Disease cases among illegal immigrants. In his opening remarks, he stated "leprosy, now called Hansen's Disease......" then proceeded to call it "leprosy" throughout the segment. If it is now called Hansen's Disease, why not call it such? If a measurement is stated in metric, why not quote it as such? I got more than a little frustrated with CNN on this one. I guess the "soft bigotry of low expectations" is alive and well at CNN. -- Scott Hudnall Seattle, WA USA [EMAIL PROTECTED]