Towards a Better Press Corps

The Washington Post has another story today on Wal-Mart’s plan to offer lower pharmaceutical prices.  Today’s piece is far superior to the one I criticized earlier but the following sentence did catch my eye:

But the additions have not quelled skepticism of the program. In a
statement early this month, the National Community Pharmacists
Association, a trade group representing independent pharmacists, called
the rollout an "attempt to gain maximum public relations value while
providing minimum value to patients."

Ok, you don’t need a PhD in Public Choice to see the issue.  Nevertheless the "skepticism" expressed would have been better put into context had the sentence been written:

In a
statement early this month, the National Community Pharmacists
Association, a trade group representing many pharmacists in competition with Wal-Mart, called
the rollout an "attempt to gain maximum public relations value while
providing minimum value to patients."