Is it difficult in an article about the success of an oil giant to point out where that giant is getting some of its success, or that many are divesting the company because of its practices? The New York Times is reporting that PetroChina hit the trillion dollar mark. No mention is made of PetroChina’s support of Sudan, a country that is killing its own citizens by the thousands.
I seldom follow business pages, so I’m not sure if it is standard practice to leave out anything unflattering in a report. I understand that a reporter should only mention what is germaine to their article, but this doesn’t seem too unrelated. It’s disappointing that more isn’t said about Darfur in everyday news, outside of letters to the editor that everyone else skims over. Could it be that the Times is afraid of the big, bad oil company? Or am I just naive?
