On the surface, nothing in the April 17, 2001, evening-news broadcast on Baltimore’s WBFF-TV was atypical. A reporter from the Fox affiliate covered efforts by environmental groups to clean up the North Branch of the Potomac River in western Maryland. It featured visuals of factory crud in the river, interviews with canoeing enthusiasts, and a […]
Paul Schmelzer
Paul Schmelzer is a Minneapolis-based writer. An editor at Adbusters, his work has appeared in Ode, Utne, and The Progressive. This story was distributed by AlterNet, the news service of the alternative press and a member of the SinclairAction campaign.
