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Originally Posted by mtneeratheart
You seem to have a lot of good information on healthy alternatives in Huntington...maybe you could write a letter to the editor and set him straight.
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That's the thing though, the author talked to the people who are responsible for these health initiatives but he only picked out the things he wanted. They gave him the info on these initiatives but he chose to either leave them out altogether or make a passing mention of them at best. Doesn't make the story quite as interesting if the people are actually trying to do something about it. Also makes them seem more ignorant if they 1) don't recognize the problem or 2) don't care enough to do anything about it. This seems to be the tone he was going for. He also didn't mention that the 45% stat from 2006 was way out of line for previous years and for 2007. Takes away some of the drama of the story if the rate has already dropped 13% in one year, which it has as the rate was 32% for 2007. If you only present part of the story, it makes for more dramatic effect and exaggerates things more if you don't present the other side.