Re: More pop-up pipeline protests planned, Burnaby NOW, Dec. 15.
I appreciate that some people are opposed to the Kinder Morgan pipeline plan and that protests will take place. However, your coverage does not say how many protesters there actually were at this event. All too often I see news reports on TV about one protest or another where a handful of people are protesting and are outnumbered by the news media covering them.
It is not enough for news media to just cover an event.
It is vitally important that they inform the public of the true strength of any protest by indicating a reliable estimate of the number of people attending as participants. Otherwise, the news media are complicit participants in misleading the public and amplifying the voice of a handful of people.
I hope that your correspondent will remember this the next time they cover any story. Anybody can claim a ton of followers, but the proof is in the attendance.
Carl Dillon, by email
