It says, right there in the Bible: “And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out,” but this is a new take on turning a blind eye:
How important is global warming in Maine? Not important enough for local television.
Michael Palmer, the general manager of television stations WVII and WFVX, ABC and Fox affiliates in Bangor, has told his joint staff of nine men and women that when “Bar Harbor is underwater, then we can do global warming stories.”
“Until then,” he added. “No more.”
Listen — this is a free country. Mr. Palmer has an inalienable right to his willful ignorance. If his eye offends his devotion to the Bush-Cheney agenda, he can gouge that sucker right out.
But that doesn’t mean we have to put the willfully ignorant into jobs where they can keep the rest of us in the dark until it’s too late.
This man needs to find a new line of work.
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