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Somebody called Steve Barnes has written a piece for Times Union about an American politician trying to introduce a bill to completely ban all salt in restaurant cooking.

Right from the first couple of paragraphs, you're left in no doubt that this bill is disliked by Mr Barnes:

A new bill in the state Assembly would ruin restaurant food and baked goods as we know them.

In a deeply misguided gesture that is also an abuse of the legislative process, a New York City Assemblyman is pushing a nanny-state bill

Don't hold back there, Steve, tell us what you REALLY think! :o) (There's also a picture of a dunce cap in the main body of the text)

Don't get me wrong, I completely agree with him: the bill is insane and the dangers of salt - an absolutely vital substance we can't live without - are hugely overstated, mainly by the writers of faddy diet books.

But in a world that usually insists on at least some pretence of balanced, unbiased journalism, I found this to be a very unusual piece: Well-researched and completely biased. Those two don't often go together.

I'm impressed :o)