Well, I got my picture in the newspaper. A photographer for the local newspaper came to the skatepark, and when I asked him what the article was about, he said, "We're doing an article to show that the skatepark scene is actually a good, clean one because it tends to get a bad rap." Pretty cool, right? There's a catch, though. A small ministry team originating from Wisconsin called "Skaters of Christ" had been touring the country and ended up at our skatepark. We were not aware that the photographer for the newspaper had been recruited by Skaters of Christ the day before to come get media of them visiting for the following day (especially when the photographer made no mention of the team when I talked to him).
The caption below the picture reads:
"Skaters with a Message - Members of Skaters of Christ participate in a demonstration Thursday at the Temple Skatepark. Getting ready to drop in to the ramp are [our names]. Skaters of Christ is a skateboard ministry that tours the country with a goal of sharing the message of Jesus Christ with extreme sports athletes."That's me in the middle on my bike. Everyone who appeared in that picture was named in the caption, as you just read. However, the caption seems to be borderline slanderous because it virtually flat out states (or at least
heavily implies) that all pictured were part of the group especially when
no one in the picture was actually a member of Skaters of Christ and were actually just locals of the skatepark, myself included.
While I may or may not have the same views as Skaters of Christ and may or may not support them, I was kinda bothered by the fact that we were identified incorrectly. While it doesn't say "Members of Skaters of Christ, [our names], prepare to drop in", it definitely implies it, and who will be the only people that know we're not part of the group? Only us 7 that appear in the picture and others that know us that know we're not part of the group.
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