Newsflash: The Sun twists story
Here’s an interesting story from The Toronto Sun. And when I say Interesting, I’m not talking about the content.
In the second week of April, a male Sun reporter and a female Sun photographer went into four GTA hospitals and took swab samples in CSI fashion. Although no bacteria, such as C. difficle or Staphylococcus aureus, were found, the investigation showed that someone in street clothes and without any identification could walk into a hospital, go into restricted areas and do what they wanted, with no questions asked.
What’s annoying about this article, is the fact that its clear that the original idea for the article was going to be about how the hospitals are infested with bacteria. When that story didn’t materialize, they had to justify their time by turning the story into another kind of scare mongering:
The Sun investigation shows that an unauthorized person in street clothes could introduce a contaminant to a hospital
