The Half Moon Bay Review falsely claims they “broke” the Wavecrest frog story

A version of this comment was posted on the Midcoast-List on 10/14/04

I too noticed the glaring whopper in Debra Godshall’s editorial of 10/13/04. Anyone who subscribes to the Midcoast list or reads the Coastsider knows that, in fact, the Coastsider broke the story about red-legged frogs at Wavecrest, not the Review.

Moreover, the Review botched the subsequent coverage of the story by misreporting on 8/4/04 that “State and Federal Biologists Find No Frog at Wavecrest.”

In a letter to the editor dated 8/19/04, I pointed out the highly misleading nature of the Review story (written by Jeanine Gore) and an accompanying editorial (written by Debra Godshall). My letter can be found here:

http://www.hmbreview.com/articles/2004/08/19/news/lettertothe_editor/story12.txt

Barry Parr should be commended for providing a high-integrity source of news and information on the Coastside. We surely need one.

Kevin J. Lansing

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