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To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (170792)	8/13/2001 1:08:55 AM
From: asenna1	Respond to of 769667

Looks like the train left the station without you this time, didn't it?

To: Thomas A Watson who wrote (170792)	8/13/2001 1:18:07 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

A little more media bias. Media Snubbed Famed Paralyzed Cop's View in Stem Cell Debate Paralyzed actor Christopher Reeve, along with fellow movie stars Michael J. Fox and Mary Tyler Moore, have been all over TV lately arguing in favor of embryonic stem cell research. But the media didn't want to air the views of another noted personality, paralyzed New York City police Det. Steven McDonald. WABC Radio's Steve Malzberg found out why in an exclusive interview with McDonald Sunday morning: Fox News Channel President Roger Ailes was alone among the only cable TV chiefs to respond to an offer from paralyzed New York City police Detective Steven McDonald during last week's stem cell research debate. Det. McDonald, who has been confined to a wheelchair for the last fifteen years as a result of being shot in the line of duty, had offered to make the rounds on the cable TV circuit to talk about his negative views towards embryonic stem cell research. But only Ailes and Fox responded to his offer. In fact they put a camera crew in his house for immediate response to President Bush's stem cell speech Thursday night. "What I did during the last couple of weeks was to write to the president's and CEO's of the different cable news programs and to his credit, Roger Ailes of Fox contacted me and invited me to speak my point of view," McDonald told me on my WABC Radio show Sunday morning. "To this moment no one else has contacted me." McDonald has spoken out on various political and religious issues over the years and is a well known and well respected figure in the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut tri-state area. He says that he is against embryonic stem cell research and wouldn't change his views on it even if it meant that he'd one day walk again. "It would not make a difference, and that was not a difficult decision to make. I would not accept the benefits of stem cell research only because of my belief in G-d and my understanding of the situation. I believe that an embryo is human life and it would just be wrong to accept any benefits from that. " McDonald, who had been very close to the late John Cardinal O'Connor, continued, "To destroy life and end life is wrong. There are many other people who make the same statement, they just don't get the exposure of a Christopher Reeve, Michael J. Fox or Mary Tyler Moore." Which brings us right back to the media's bias on the issue. McDonald says the media has not given this issue a fair shake. "I would say a majority of the news shows only give one point of view of stem cells. It's sad because I know that a preponderance of evidence is in favor of adult stem cell research over embryonic research. I challenge anyone to provide the evidence to show that embryonic stem cell research has provided any help or cures to anyone suffering from cancer, diabetes, or spinal cord injuries." As for President Bush's decision on the matter he says, "I've spoken with other pro-life people and I think it's the best we could have hoped for. I think he closed the door to embryonic stem cell research in the future and I'll hold him to his promise." You can bet he will. newsmax.com tom watson tosiwmee