PrintAugust 4, 2005
Darwin's Compost
'Bush Remarks On 'Intelligent Design' Theory Fuel Debate,' read a front—page headline on Wednesday's Washington Post. President Bush's hum—drum comment — 'You're asking me whether or not people ought to be exposed to different ideas, and the answer is yes' — is treated by the Post as a singular event, an outlandish aside worthy of front—page scrutiny and implied criticism of his simple Christian views.
The Post lets an unnamed scientist in the story call Intelligent Design 'creationism in a cheap tuxedo' and turns to professional secularist Barry Lynn for his estimate of Bush's scientific knowledge. Bush, says Lynn, is 'irresponsible,' shows a 'low level of understanding of science,' and 'doesn't understand that [Intelligent Design]is a religious viewpoint and [evolution] is a scientific viewpoint.'
Acting like a person who hits a car and then strolls up to the accident scene in the guise of an innocent bystander, the Post reports all of this as a...(Read Full Article)
