NewsBusters asks: When the Washington Post runs a favorable news story on gun buybacks, can’t they find a single person who could criticize the proposals? Even the Boston Globe, hardly an NRA sympathizer, criticizes such buybacks — there’s obviously a serious question whether they’re worthwhile. Shouldn’t a news story that quotes people praising them also at least mention the opposite view?
(NewsBusters also faults an AP story on the subject, but it’s a very short piece, with no express praise of the programs; covering criticism of the programs is thus both harder and less necessary.)