Outspoken novelist attacks local paper for ‘parroting the meaningless rants’ of armed men occupying wildlife refugeUrsula Le Guin has slammed her local paper’s coverage of the militia currently occupying an Oregon wildlife refuge for “parroting the meaningless rants of a flock of moral-Winged Loonybirds”.
The science fiction grand master attacked the Oregonian’s interview with protester Ryan Payne,describing the headline which appeared in print, “Effort to free federal lands”, and as “inaccurate and irresponsible”,and its article as “a mere mouthpiece for the scofflaws illegally occupying public buildings and land, repeating their lies and distortions of history and law”. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com