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To: greenspirit who wrote (193665)	10/18/2001 11:31:52 PM
From: gao seng	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

Lol! My favorite is 3. Thursday October 18 04:13 AM EDT EVIL NEWS NETWORK SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY By ANDREA PEYSER I HAVE six questions for Osama bin Laden (news - web sites). The first two: 1. Where are you at this moment? And, 2. Where can we find you in an hour? It should come as no surprise to TV news consumers that CNN has formalized its standing as official mouthpiece for the man The New York Times calls Mr. bin Laden. The enemy wanted for the murder of 5,000 innocents is being treated as CNN's celebrity "get" of a lifetime. At bin Laden's request, CNN has submitted - in writing - six questions for the terror master. These include the classic: "How do you feel about fellow Muslims who've denounced your holy war?" My third question for Mr. bin Laden: 3. How do you feel about this gun we're about to discharge into your forehead? The most shameless element of the CNN-bin Laden deal is the pains taken by the network to avoid finding out where bin Laden is hiding - or, at least, avoid looking as if network personnel know where he is. Unnamed executives told the Times that CNN "wanted to avoid the appearance of having direct and secret access to terrorists." The cable channel has its priorities: First, go for the ratings. Then, avoid any possibility of helping the government catch or kill the man who threatens the lives of Americans. CNN was approached with the offer to act as bin Laden's mouthpiece by a man connected with the al Qaeda terror squad. The deal was brokered by the bin Laden-friendly Al-Jazeera TV network. This begs the question: Is CNN essentially aiding terrorists by failing to provide authorities with information that could lead to bin Laden's capture? CNN vows to scrap the interview if bin Laden merely spews propaganda. But what kind of answers do you expect to such questions as: "Do you have weapons of mass destruction?" How about this for question four: 4. Do you have problems performing with women? CNN has a history of airing enemy propaganda, dating back at least to the Gulf War (news - web sites) and Peter Arnett's false report about America's bombing of an Iraqi "baby-milk factory." Yesterday, anchor Leon Harris interviewed a member of the Palestinian terror organization that claimed responsibility for the murder of an Israeli cabinet minister. The terrorist issued the standard anti-Israel diatribe. "Thank you for your insight and your side of the story," Harris dripped. Two last questions for Mr. bin Laden: 5. Do you have a financial stake in CNN? 6. When will you die? dailynews.yahoo.com