Yeah, I just noticed that too. I’m wondering if A) That’s the actual dog, they just slapped “pit bull” on the headline to make it more ‘sexy’ of a story, or B) It was a pit bull, they just slapped a stock file picture in the article.
I dunno.
Tripler
This is why I hate the media.
A reminder - that money and effort is being expended not because outsiders are saying “Oh…the poor horsie!” - but because its owners stand to make a lot of money from stud fees if Barbaro can recovery sufficiently to “perform”.
As to the general public reading news stories about the horse and sending cards and such - so what? Are they neglecting their families and ignoring weighty issues as a result? I don’t think anyone’s qualified to say that.
It all comes down to this notion that “if you pay attention to X, you’re ignoring Y which is ever so much more important”.
It’s a fallacy.
What’s that, Lassie? Timmy’s fallen down the mine shaft on the old MacPherson place? And he’s been touching you in ways you’re not comfortable with?
Oh, your cat has emotions all right; they’re just not exactly like your emotions, nor a dog’s emotions. There’s little but emotions in the mind of an animal.
Now that’s funny.