False balance in reporting the case of a local mother jailed for contempt of court for reneging on an agreement to vaccinate her child

False balance in reporting the case of a local mother jailed for contempt of court for reneging on an agreement to vaccinate her childI sometimes like to write about things happening in my neck of the woods that are relevant to the kinds of things I normally blog about every day. This habit of mine dates back at least to the days when investigative reporter Steve Wilson of our local ABC affiliate used tolay down fear mongering barrages of nonsense about mercury in vaccines that would have made Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. proud if he ever knew about them. Then there was a report on " orbs " seen in photographs where the reporterspeculated whether they were actual spirits. Then there ' s the periodic fascination with veterinary quackery that pops up on localnewspapers andmedia from time to time, includingreiki andacupuncture for Fido.This time around, it ' s about vaccines. It started a week ago, when I saw this headline on the website of one of our own local news stations, basically Wilson ' s old stomping ground WXYZ,Metro Detroit mom could be thrown behind bars for not getting son vaccinated. Now there ' s a clickbait title if ever I saw one, guaranteed to inflame antivaxers andeven a lot of people who aren ' t antivaccine with the image of overweening state power throwing a mother in jail to force her to vaccinate. Hell, ad a couple of apocalyptic adjectives, and this could be a NaturalNews.com headline! Watching the video of the report and reading the text made me wonder if the...
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