CNN het nou op die trein gespring Fox-esque bashing van wetenskaplike befondsing. Verslaggewer Erin Burnett “verslae” op die federale befondsing van $5.7 miljoen dollar te help veg teen die indringer Brown Marmorated Stinkbesie (Halyomorpha halys). Burnett se sarkasme is byna dik genoeg is om te breek in SNL vlakke van belaglikheid, but she seems genuine in her distain for this story. It’s clear that in her mind the $5.7mil has been wasted on methods to keep these bugs away from overly sensitive suburbanites and out of your hair. A quick Google search for this insect yields a very informative page from PennState as result #1, and it even has great images of the damage these bugs can cause to crops. Back in reality, it is not surprising that the government would fund research on a potentially critical new invasive species, one that has already proven to be highly destructive to some of our nations most important (en winsgewend) crops.
Go, Skeptiese Mot, GO! Thanks for posting that and nicely said.
It’s impossible not to wish a plague of stinkbugs on Ms. Burnett.