Getting the story wrong

Sun, 30 Aug 2009 09:38:00 -0400

“One more driver facing prison time for colliding with a Portland cyclist.”

That was the headline on the website of Portland television station KATU, in an article on the arrest of a Portland driver whom police allege intentionally hit a cyclist. As BikePortland.org reported, following the incident, the driver was charged with assault in the first degree, a Class A felony. And as the KATU headline noted, this was not the first incident in which a driver was charged with intentionally hitting a cyclist. We don’t know most of the details of what happened yet, but for now, the most remarkable aspect of this story is the KATU story itself. [More]

Bob Mionske's Blog on Bicycle Law and Advocacy - Media bias

Getting the story wrong