Texas is a long way from where I live, and while I'm a very active shooter, I'm at best an on-again/off-again hunter, so it was with only casual interest that I clicked on a story at CNN.com regarding the [claimed] lead role of the NRA in the recent passage of Texas Proposition 6, which for those of you who may not know (I didn't) is a constitutional amendment to protect hunting and fishing in the state. Now I of course know where CNN falls on the political spectrum and I read every story with more than a few grains of salt - especially those concerning the NRA, recognizing that CNN will say anything to advance their anti-gun, anti-NRA agenda. Still, I was somewhat shocked to find this description of the effect of Prop. 6:
The entire short article is here (you'll need to scroll down): http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/politics/election-day-2015-ballot-measures-referendum/index.html
That sounded pretty bad to me. "Almost all manner of wildlife" and "as many fish as they can haul back home"?? So I searched for the actual text of Prop. 6 and found this (the following text would be added, as Section 34, to Article 1 of the Texas constitution):
Now that sounds pretty plain vanilla, even (as some other news sources claimed) unnecessary. The only part that seems mildly controversial would be to list hunting and fishing as "preferred" methods of managing wildlife, but "preferred" doesn't mean they should be used if other methods are judged to be better. Unfortunately, there are many thousands of CNN.com readers out there who'll read no further than this biased - no, on second thought, this sort of thing goes far beyond bias - example of yellow journalism and accept it as truth.
My purpose in bringing this to your attention is only to point out, once again, the exaggerations, half-truths, mistruths, and outright lies, no matter how blatant, that CNN and their ilk in the mainstream media will use to attack guns and those who use them in their lawful pursuit of recreation. Yes, I'll continue to visit CNN.com as I do every day, questioning everything I read. I think of it as keeping tabs on the enemy in wartime.
The entire short article is here (you'll need to scroll down): http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/03/politics/election-day-2015-ballot-measures-referendum/index.html
That sounded pretty bad to me. "Almost all manner of wildlife" and "as many fish as they can haul back home"?? So I searched for the actual text of Prop. 6 and found this (the following text would be added, as Section 34, to Article 1 of the Texas constitution):
Now that sounds pretty plain vanilla, even (as some other news sources claimed) unnecessary. The only part that seems mildly controversial would be to list hunting and fishing as "preferred" methods of managing wildlife, but "preferred" doesn't mean they should be used if other methods are judged to be better. Unfortunately, there are many thousands of CNN.com readers out there who'll read no further than this biased - no, on second thought, this sort of thing goes far beyond bias - example of yellow journalism and accept it as truth.
My purpose in bringing this to your attention is only to point out, once again, the exaggerations, half-truths, mistruths, and outright lies, no matter how blatant, that CNN and their ilk in the mainstream media will use to attack guns and those who use them in their lawful pursuit of recreation. Yes, I'll continue to visit CNN.com as I do every day, questioning everything I read. I think of it as keeping tabs on the enemy in wartime.