Agreed, Kent C: Fox's article was much more fair and balanced than the other news "sources."
But Fox has allowed comments. And I thought that would be a good opportunity for ECFers to get in a few licks to offset the antis,... .
I encourage comments and Fox rarely shuts down comments. In a Serrie piece a
month year ago - you get the likely AP 'story' on the CDC - much like the one you posted but again, Fox tells
the other side much more than mainstream media lapdogs.
Here's the last Serrie piece (also comments available, btw)
CDC: 16 million children can legally purchase e-cigarettes | Fox News
Again, leads with the AP stuff on the CDC but then:
"In November, House Speaker John Boehner, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. and House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton, R-Mich. sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell. In it, they expressed concerns about a proposed FDA rule requiring new tobacco products to undergo premarket approval — a potentially costly and lengthy process.
“Specifically, we have concerns that the proposed rule’s February 15, 2007 grandfather date for newly deemed tobacco products will impede innovation and impose unnecessary regulatory burdens on both the FDA and regulated industries,” the House Republicans wrote.
The letter also points out that most “e-vapor” products didn’t exist prior to the proposed 2007 cutoff.
An FDA spokesperson told Fox News that the agency had received the letter and will respond to the members of Congress.
A 2007 cutoff date would subject the vast majority of e-cigarette products to premarket review, according to Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association, an industry advocacy group.
“As proposed, the FDA’s regulation would decimate nearly every single small and medium-sized business in this market,” Conley said. “Thousands of businesses would close overnight. And nearly the entire e-cigarette market would become either big tobacco or firms that are backed heavily by Wall Street money.”
Conley said he supports laws banning e-cigarette sales to minors and requiring childproof caps on liquid nicotine. But he insists the electronic devices provide a safer alternative for adults who want to quit smoking."
More than half the piece after the obviously 'hook' headline, is ecig positive. Brings out the grandfather date and how that harms innovation. Quotes Greg where he points out it will cause businesses to close and loss of jobs. That' pretty good stuff!
Gov't controlled media do just the opposite - they may cite a positive point - usually with a question mark in the headline, then proceed to drag every anti-point from what used to be called their 'morgue files' where every negative lives on into eternity - a point hulamoon and sofarsogood (and others) have noted in other threads - 'wild west', 'gateway' 'formaldehyde', 'exploding batts', "poisonings".
It's journalism 101 to include conflict - but how one does that, shows a lot about the integrity of most journalists. Many don't pass the smell test. Here, I think Serrie does.
I wish they'd do more hit pieces like this one.
