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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rambi who wrote (7950)	7/2/2000 5:03:52 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

That's a good point. But I don't need a crystal ball to realize Juan never had an opportunity. He may truly have never wanted to see the relatives. We will never know because our government prevented even the possibility of it from happening. The reason they did is because they made a pact with Fidel. What the details of that pact are we may never know for years. Or ever. After all, why did our government change its initial position and not allow the case to be handled in family court? Politics, pure and simple. Either, Fidel threatened to release a bunch of convicts again, or a different deal was made. But it's pretty clear by the lock-step way in which the two governments worked together, that some deal was brokered. Yes, I believe honestly admitting you bias as a news organization is (on balance) better than hiding your bias and pretending you're not biased. News max doesn't produce a bias free paper probably because the market is much larger for that point of view on the net. But I don't really know, you could ask them. Why doesn't CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC provide a balanced journalistic approach? Especially since FOX news which comes the closest IMO is gaining market share so effectively? The biggest factor I believe is cultural. Tough to change a culture of reporters which voted nearly 90% for Clinton in the last election to now be open minded. Michael

To: Rambi who wrote (7950)	7/2/2000 5:04:14 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 9127

Obviously the boyscouts can prohibit their little charges from associating with GAYS in boy scout uniform, but CUBANS must be forced to associate with their distant family members- no matter how repellent (or so sayeth the conservatives). Of course the Supreme Court doesn't see it quite that way (since it would be WAY inconsistent)- so let's all give three cheers that the Supreme Court isn't full of hypocrites who lack the gift of reason.