AFP News Outlet Of Course Throws Biased Kicker
Posted by FirearmsTruth on November 22, 2009 · Leave a Comment
In a story that basically highlighted the fact that firearms sales are up this year, and cited the usual reasons including fear of new gun laws under President Obama, greater interest in hunting, and fears of recession-driven crime, the piece from AFP via Google News managed to still get in some bias. The story was basically about the recent Chantilly Gun Show, and thus just looking at why sales of firearms were up.
After covering both sides with reasonable fairness, the kicker of the story – the final sentence – throws in this for good measure:
“Meanwhile, 30,000 people a year are killed by gunfire in the United States.”
Nice to see that some writers just can’t keep the bias out.
