>>Everyone's entitled to an opinion, but that's an odd position for a KS moderator, isn't it?


The moment I saw the article (before even starting to read it) I noticed immediately on the front page that the WashPost couldn't even note of the correct identification of the snake the guy was holding. That immediately tuned me into the fact that everything about the article from that point on should be taken with a huge grain of salt as either being completely slanted to make people look bad or so badly written to make reptile folks look utterly stupid...the journalist did a damn fine job of that. I'd pay a lot of money for a 'ball python' the size of the one they apparently photographed (it is much to obvious that it is a burmese python).

The washpost went to great lengths to try and start another media frenzy against exotic ownership (remember the poor prairie dogs/gambian rats) by quoting people out of context/incorrectly and writing what is obviously incorrect information or information that goes out of its way to make people look stupid/ignorant. The wash post is notorious for writing bad articles when it comes to 'animals'. Very rarely do I ever see articles of that nature where the information provided was correct and/or well done by the journalist. The journalists just want a 'sensationalist' article to sign their name to...that is all they care about...not accuracy.

DP

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