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June 28, 2010

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Jennifer

We had a news station here in town that covered a dog attack on a hike-and-bike trail. They used a snarling pit bull for their over-the-shoulder graphic and for various teasers for the story, which of course, led everyone who watched the teasers and the segment to think that the biting dog was a pit bull. At the very end of the segment, the reporter adds that they are still looking for the dog, which the victim briefly described as a brown german shepherd-type dog.

Quite a few people wrote to the station and pointed out 1) the obvious bias considering their stock OTS image for any dog attack was, apparently, a pit bull, and 2) the fact that it *might* have helped authorities track down the dog if viewers had seen a more accurate representation of the dog they were seeking. Instead, the news media likely hindered the investigation due to their misleading graphic.

No one's going to remember the story about the German Shepherd-type dog that bit a guy on the hike-and-bike trail, but I bet a bunch of people now vaguely recall a pit bull attack on the trail.

EmilyS

update on the Butte, MT :
http://www.kxlf.com/news/pit-bull-ordinance-takes-center-stage-in-butte/

people came to their senses (so far)

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