The Federalist By Elle Purnell
The secretary of Health and Human Services took a dip in Washington D.C.’s Rock Creek with his grandkids over Mother’s Day weekend. If you’re wondering why that deserved a story from all the major corporate media outlets, that’s a great question.
It appears the city of D.C. takes such a prehistoric approach to waste management that none of its waterways are deemed safe for swimming, including Northwest D.C.’s Rock Creek, the site of the Kennedy family’s excursion. A hygienic person might think that septic incompetence scandalous — but Washington’s hometown paper and the rest of its media ilk have pinned the outrage on Kennedy for taking a Sunday afternoon plunge.
Because D.C. dumps sewage into its waterways, Rock Creek is apparently ripe for E. coli and bacteria caused by fecal matter. Never mind the fact that bodies of water everywhere are home to fish and other organisms that all produce waste. (Though, to be fair, D.C. is home to some next-level crap.) As far as the media are concerned, Kennedy might as well have been swimming laps in the East River…
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