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Originally Posted by SuffolkGirl
Exactly - it would be different if this were on the Opinion page but it is in the Sports Section. It is NOT reporting it is opinion.
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You may not like the content or timing of the article, but it is not an "opinion" piece. Does it have slant? Yes, but what story doesn't. With perhaps the exception of the quotation below, the article simply weaves factual information to relate the reporter's sense of what kind of job racing has done with its medication offenders:
It is part of an evolving culture in horse racing that ultimately rewards those who seek any means, legal and otherwise, to get an edge. When illegal drug use goes undetected, trainers walk away with the winnings and an enhanced reputation. But when they are caught, they are all too often handed punishments that are in name only. Their horses still run and their stables still operate, usually under the name of a trusted assistant.
I'm not a Joe Drape apologist, as his recent article on NYSRWB efforts to require owners to produce veterinary records "on demand" was poorly written, IMO, but he hasn't
only written this week about racing's drug issue, as evidenced by the linked story about Zenyatta:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/sports/04racing.html