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Date: Tue, 30 May 2000 12:11:48 -0700
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From: "Matthew Shepherd" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology"
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Subject: Re: unpubd claim of horiz gene transfer

Hi,

Here's a bit of background on the "The Observer." I'm British and moved to
the US a couple of years ago. I continue to read several British newspapers
on the Internet, partly to keep up to date with what is happening in the UK,
but also because their coverage of environmental issues is generally better
than most US newspapers. (And it is always nice to get a range of
perspectives on the same news story.)

"The Observer" is a Sunday paper, and is a well-respected national
broadsheet in Great Britain. It is the sister paper to "The Guardian," a
daily broadsheet. Both newspapers have a reputation for accurate reporting,
quality investigative journalism, and good coverage of environmental issues.
Both have been independent of corporate interests as they have not been
owned by large multi-national media companies. Politically, their editorial
stance is left of center, unlike, say, other UK broadsheets like "The Times"
(right of center) and "The Telegraph" (right).

The article reads like a newspaper because it is from a newspaper, but I
would be confident that the source of the information is accurately
reported.

Matthew Shepherd
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Matthew Shepherd
Director, Publications and Pollination Programs
The Xerces Society
4828 SE Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, OR 97215-3252
Tel: 503-232 6639   Fax: 503-233 6794
Email: [log in to unmask]
Website: www.xerces.org
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