Agriculture Department Imposes Christmas Tree Tax

[Mevara]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

I don't either, and that's not the point I'm concerned about. The point I'm concerned about, that you either seem to be missing or not be concerned about, is relying on and passing along inaccurate and misleading information.

You clearly are upset about this plan. That's fine. It's your right to have that opinion. But I'll put it plainly: The article to which you linked was written with a strong bias and a distortion of facts -- including buzz words like "Christmas Tree tax" -- for the purpose getting readers upset. You didn't pass along news, you passed along propaganda,* and you repeated that propaganda in the title for this thread. I'd have to put this article in the same category as all those emails telling me that the FCC is is holding hearings to prohibit religious broadcasting or that the White House will now have Holiday Trees with no religious ornaments instead of Christmas Trees.



* And no, I'm not one of those people who automatically dismisses anything that comes from Fox News. But this article totally misses the mark, IMO.

If you will notice I already changed the source from Fox News to Global Post. I really don't know which way they swing but that was the most politically unbiased source I could find.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Mevara

If you will notice I already changed the source from Fox News to Global Post. I really don't know which way they swing but that was the most politically unbiased source I could find.

I did not notice -- it was still linked to the original story when I had last looked at it. I guess this story is better, though it repeats the Fox headline about a "Christmas Tree Tax," and cites the Fox story as a source, which seems odd to me.

But whatever. Thanks for changing the link. I'm now filing this in my "I-really-don't-get-why-this-is-a-big-deal" folder.