[a real Sheila]

Has anyone noticed the almost TOTAL BLACKOUT of dead or dying wildlife photos? Yes, you see the occasional photo of an oil soaked pelican, but none of the large quantities of animals that we KNOW are dead and dying.

New York Daily News had an article yesterday about some reporter there supposedly being taken out by a fisherman turned oil skimmer who showed him scads of dead wildlife.
Guess what. NO PHOTOS!

But not only is there a MSM blackout, there seems to be an internet blackout as well. Whenever I’ve gone to websites like Flickr or Twitter, I find very little in the way of photos. THere is always the same photo of one oil soaked pelican or one dead turtle or one dead dolphin.

[aruanan]

but [no photos] of the large quantities of animals that we KNOW are dead and dying.

The above statement is equivalent to: "but [no photos] of what I believe must be large quantities [sic] of animals that we KNOW (because of our beliefs about what we think must happen based on our total lack of knowledge) are dead and dying."

[epluribus_2]

imagine the photos and tears if this were (wait for it) BUSH!

[Wonder Warthog]

Did it possibly cross your mind that there might just not be all that many "oil-coated pelicans", and that the extent of the oil coverage is not as great as the media would like??

If there were actually miles of totally oil coated marsh/beach, the media WOULD show it. The very FEW pictures I have seen that show oil are showing "spotty" deposits.

And you can bet that there are plenty of locals that have digital cameras and internet hookups.