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PBS execs, board members silent on glaring wild-horse errors in Emmy-nominated “Human Footprint” series

By Vickery Eckhoff, September 9, 2024 // 17 Comments

For Immediate Release Media Contact: Ed Winters, Wild Beauty Foundation edward@winterstonepictures.comErik Molvar, Western Watersheds... [View more]

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Fact-checking 13-year old photographic images in the Washington Post

By Vickery Eckhoff, January 22, 2021 // 11 Comments

Misreporting on wild horses is an out-of-control problem — and Washington Post editors are locked in conflict over fixing errors or letting them stand.

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Fact-checking the New York Times: Maps and data expose cattle, not wild horses, as looming crisis.

By Vickery Eckhoff, December 15, 2020 // 3 Comments

A third reader submits hard proof of fundamental errors within the same New York Times article, and goes ignored. What does the Times choose to correct? A spelling error.

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Fact-checking The New York Times: Sources claim wild horse damage, but photos show cattle did it.

By Vickery Eckhoff, December 12, 2020 // 5 Comments

Challis wild horse herds aren't causing land health problems in the Spar Canyon. Domestic cattle — under the management responsibility of the BLM — are. And photos prove it.

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"“The Wild Horse Wars” "

The Washington Post, Seattle Times, Houston Chronicle - Nov 18, 2020

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Fact-checking 9 errors in the Washington Post, Seattle Times and Houston Chronicle

By Vickery Eckhoff, December 12, 2020 // 2 Comments

The Washington Post, Seattle Times and the Houston Chronicle all have a duty to inform the public — not disinform it.

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Article Review:

"A Mustang Crisis Looms in the West"

The New York Times - Mar 22, 2020

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Fact-checking errors and omissions in the New York Times

By Vickery Eckhoff, December 12, 2020 // 1 Comment

"4% of “the West” is not, can never be considered “the West,” New York Times . You can't let that stand."

Cattle vs. Wild Horses (2002-2018). All data BLM.

By Vickery Eckhoff, October 9, 2018 // 4 Comments

BLM data shows cattle historically outnumber wild horses on federal lands. That data is now public, and could reshape the entire wild horse debate.

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Forbes Billionaires Top US Welfare Ranchers List

By Vickery Eckhoff, March 25, 2015 // 43 Comments

What do the Koch Brothers, Ted Turner, and the Hilton family have in common with Cliven Bundy? They're among a group of powerful welfare ranchers that take from the public and keep for themselves.

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Bad Ranchers, Bad Cows

By Vickery Eckhoff, February 27, 2015 // 78 Comments

Few Americans visit the nation’s public grass and forest lands; fewer still know what livestock damage looks like on them.

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Sustainable Cowboys or Welfare Ranchers of the American West?

By Vickery Eckhoff, February 12, 2015 // 100 Comments

Five hundred million dollars[1]. That’s what 21,000[2] ranchers who graze their livestock on America’s iconic western rangelands are estimated to have cost US taxpayers... [View more]