Everyone should read this article. It is good and important and informative and it is very important for everyone to know the facts contained in it if they don't already.
Unfortunately, I couldn't read it in the print version because the Star chose to illustrate it with pictures of bees to illustrate the bee sting metaphor. For some reason bees don't bother me as much as crawly things, but these were really zoomed-in pictures of bees, where you could see all their grotesque insecty characteristics, the hairs on their legs and everything.
Insects are one of the most common phobias, and even the vast majority of non-phobic people would rather not see a bug than see a bug. The bees may be attention-getting for someone skimming the newspaper, but they do nothing to make people want to stay on the page and read the article, and will even drive some people away from the article.
I sought out the article on the website (at the risk of seeing more grotesque pictures there - but luckily there aren't any) because I agree with the thesis as gleaned from the headline and wanted to see what else they have to say. But people who don't agree with the thesis aren't going to seek out the article online, and if the grotesque bee pictures drive them away they're not going to learn these important facts.
Dear Toronto Star: please be more mindful in the future.
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