Mike Westfall is the blue-collar rebel activist who represents common people.
His cutting edge work is archived in important American libraries and millions around the globe read him every week. He connected the dots in this essential story. http://michaelwestfall.tripod.com/
Edwin Black, who edited this article, is the award winning, New York Times and international investigative author of 65 best-selling editions in 14 languages in 61 countries.
All of his books have been optioned by Hollywood for film, with three in active production.
Editors have submitted Black’s work ten times for Pulitzer Prize nomination. http://www.edwinblack.com/
I am happy that Mr. Westfall and Mr.Black have been able to earn the respect of their peers in their profession.
I am simply stating the fact that the article is filled with statements that are designed to create an emotional response, and that these statements do not make the case very well.
Okay, so GM and Ford are two of the 100 biggest polluters in the U.S. That could well mean that they pollute less the 50,034th biggest polluter in Red China. It tells me nothing.
This reminds me of the big commotion made because ExxonMobil (with whom I carry no brief) made a profit of $11 billion, right before Obama went and spent 100 times that. If they did $300 billion worth of business, $11 billion wouldn’t be all that much. Since they LOST money last quarter, it STILL may not be all that much.
Around here, working for the New York Times and having your work optioned for Hollywood does not exactly enhance your reputation for credibility. My earlier post just described how the author used facts in an incomplete or positively misleading manner.