Shocked by NY times reprint of official EPD statement about HK’s air
Yesterday, the NY Times published a Q&A about air pollution, interviewing an Environmental Protection Department spokesperson. We were shocked that the EPD’s statements were reprinted without any additional research, qualification or comment from air experts or community leaders in Hong Kong. The NY Times’ blog post was tantamount to reissuing under the banner of good journalism an official press release from a stakeholder with very obvious vested interests in spinning a certain story, i.e., Hong Kong’s air is safe. Below is the link to the dubious article –
http://greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/13/qa-hong-kongs-air-pollution-problem/
In the words of an emininent public health scientist, reacting to the NY Times article this morning:
“This makes me feel seriously unwell. What a ghastly,cynical,disingenuous, misleading pack of nonsense. However, quite skillful I suppose to be able to navigate a swamp with such coyly crafted responses.”
You can expect us to issue an official response soon enough….
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