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To: jlallen who wrote (198272)	10/31/2001 4:40:05 PM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 769670

Ghastly......

To: jlallen who wrote (198272)	11/1/2001 1:15:17 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 769670

Wonder why ABC hasn't done a story on how many children died in the WTC on Sept 11th..... Or a story on how many pieces of them we have found....HOW DARE THEY KEEP CREATING THE TRIPE and sympathizing with the Taliban!!!!>>>> abcnews.go.com Contact ABC News and tell them what you think of their "leader".....ABC CURRENT President ABC "News" David Westin....... XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX WED OCT 31, 2001 15:00:35 ET XXXXX ABC NEWS PRESIDENT APOLOGIZES FOR 'NO OPINION' ON PENTAGON AS TARGET; DISNEY EXECUTIVES ANGRY AT TERROR COMMENTS ABC News President David Westin, 48, an attorney who joined ABC as general counsel in 1991 and came to ABC News with no journalism or hands-on television production experience, found himself at the center of a growing mediafirestorm after saying he had no opinion if the Pentagon was a legitimate target for terrorists. Westin's Pentagon rant caused anger at the highest level of DISNEY, ABC's parent, it has been learned. Westin on Wednesday abruptly apologized for the controversial comments made last week in New York -- but only after his comments reached the DRUDGE REPORT, a news spokesman claimed! "There was no pressure from anyone, Mr. Westin issued the apology after seeing the headline on the DRUDGE REPORT," an ABC NEWS spokesman said. Westin was under no pressure from corporate to ammend his comments, a second network source insisted. Appearing at a Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism event last week, the president of news at the AMERICAN BROADCASTING' COMPANY declared:: "The Pentagon as a legitimate target? I actually don’t have an opinion on that." Westin explained that his role as a journalist is just to present fact, not opinion: "I can say the Pentagon got hit, I can say this is what their position is, this is what our position is, but for me to take a position this was right or wrong, I mean, that’s perhaps for me in my private life... but as a journalist I feel strongly that’s something that I should not be taking a position on." [Westin's theory on journalism evolved from comments made at the Television Critics Assn. press tour in Pasadena in 1998: "In a world where there is too much information and, frankly, too little explanation, viewers put an increasing premium on someone who will explain to them not just what happened but why it matters, why it's important..."] On Wednesday ABC issued a press release with Westin turning away from his Columbia University controversy. "When asked at an interview session at the Columbia Journalism School whether I believed that the Pentagon was a legitimate target for terrorists I responded that, as a journalist, I did not have an opinion. I was wrong," said Westin. "I gave an answer to journalism students to illustrate the broad, academic principle that all journalists should draw a firm line between what they know and what their personal opinion might be. Upon reflection, I realized that my answer did not address the specifics of September 11. Under any interpretation, the attack on the Pentagon was criminal and entirely without justification. I apologize for any harm that my misstatement may have caused." Developing...