Superficially, the article is about lasting damage to national parks due to a government shutdown. Ask yourself why the article was written. Pay attention to t

Superficially, the article is about lasting damage to national parks due to a government shutdown. Ask yourself why the article was written. Pay attention to the fact that the damage is blown all out of proportion. The article lists things that aren't long-term (unclean toilets and unemptied trash) and other things (walking off trails) that are a normal occurrence during non-shutdown times. There is no question in my mind that this article was not written with any legitimate concern for national parks getting damaged. The most generous assumption would be ordinary fearmongering because a writer needs to catch eyeballs.