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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (19723)	2/23/2002 4:51:30 PM
From: Elmer Flugum	Respond to of 281500

The jury is still out on that story... Rings too phoney and with the reliability of the American news media and corrupted Pentagon sources, who knows what the truth is anymore? In case you missed it: NPR REPLIES TO CONCERNS ABOUT CASH PAYMENTS TO REPORTER, CONFLICT OF INTEREST ST. PAUL, MN & CHICAGO, IL--Having become the recipient of large numbers of concerned emails resulting from The Electronic Intifada's special report [see: NPR's Linda Gradstein Takes Cash Payments from Pro-Israeli Groups, 19 February 2002] revealing cash payments by pro-Israel groups to NPR's Middle East correspondent Linda Gradstein (pictured right), NPR has now confirmed that it will enforce its conflict of interest policy banning such payments. In an email to The Electronic Intifada and to many other correspondents, NPR Vice President for News and Information, Bruce Drake, wrote that: "Linda Gradstein will not be accepting an honorarium for her speech tonight. Nor will she accept honoraria in the future from groups on any side of the Mideast spectrum who have a direct interest in the subject matter that she covers." Mr. Drake's reference to Gradstein's February 19 lecture at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, hosted by several pro-Israeli organizations, directly contradicts the stated intention of the organizing groups to pay Ms. Gradstein an agreed upon cash honorarium. Above: Gradstein speaking in the Law Center at the University of Minnesota, 19 February 2002. The Electronic Intifada notes, however, that Mr. Drake's latest email maintains his silence on Gradstein's long-standing pattern of violating the prohibition on interest group honoraria. In the past, NPR has apparently taken alleged conflicts of interest involving Middle East reporting more seriously. In 1995, for example, NPR released Maureen Meehan who had been reporting from the Occupied Territories, claiming that she did not adequately disclose to NPR that her husband had been an advisor to the Palestinian Authority. In order to repair the damage done to its credibility by Gradstein's misconduct, NPR should at a minimum disclose how much money she has received over the years from interest groups. It is noteworthy that to all appearances, among groups with a direct interest in the Middle East conflict, Ms. Gradstein has only been the recipient of cash payments from Zionist organizations. She definitely takes money!

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (19723)	2/23/2002 9:19:00 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

This story is just so sad...and makes most of us so very angry.... Here in American, most of us are just this: Americans All, and All with different ethnic and religious backgrounds. The murderers, no matter who they are, will not win. September 11th unleashed a sleeping people, and what has happened to Mr. Pearl and his family just strengthens most American's resolve. Sunday, February 24, 2002 Adar 12, 5762 Israel Time: 04:09 (GMT+2) 21:02 23/02/2002 Last update - 02:13 24/02/2002 Pearl's father: 'Israeli connection' could hinder investigation By Yossi Melman, Ha'aretz Correspondent and News Agencies A visitor leaving the Tel Aviv home of the grandmother of murdered U.S. journalist Daniel Pearl on Saturday. (Photo: AP) Professor Yehuda Pearl, father of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, has told Ha'aretz that he fears that making public his son's Israeli citizenship could adversely affect investigative efforts by Pakistani police to apprehend the killers and track down the murdered reporter's body. In a telephone conversation from his Los Angeles residence, Professor Pearl expressed regret and anger over the revelation by the Israeli media of his family's "Israeli connection." The U.S. media, which was aware of the information, complied with the family's request not to make it public. The American media was asked to comply with this request after information was obtained that confirmed reports that the 38-year-old reporter was dead. Professor Pearl went on to say that he had not viewed the videotape in which his son's murder was documented and has no intention of doing so. He was told of his son's death Thursday by U.S. government officials after they had viewed the videotape and were convinced of its authenticity. According to assessments presented to Professor Pearl, his son was killed ten days after being kidnapped on January 23. The date of his death is based on experts' viewing of the videotape and was determined according to the length of Pearl's beard, as seen on the tape. Pakistani police investigators said Saturday that Pearl's murderers never meant to release him. The Pakistani police warned foreign organizations in the country that they should be careful due to the fact that Pearl's kidnapping may be part of a more far-reaching terrorist plot. They also reported that the man who delivered the videotape documenting Pearl's murder was arrested for questioning in Karachi, located in southern Pakistan. The State Department said the U.S. Embassy in Pakistan had received evidence Thursday that Pearl was dead. Spokesman Richard Boucher provided no details on the evidence, although Pakistani authorities said that the videotape indicated he had been murdered by the Islamic extremists who kidnapped him a month ago. Pearl, born in Princeton, New Jersey, died at the age of 38. He worked as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal for twelve years. His last job was to report from Afghanistan and Pakistan on the U.S. war against terror. On Thursday, Fahad Naseem, one of three men accused of involvement in the kidnapping, said Pearl was abducted because he was a Jew working against Islam. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf vowed Friday to leave no stone unturned in hunting the killers of Pearl and declared war on all terrorists in Pakistan. In a national television address on Friday night, Musharraf said all resources would be thrown into finding the executioners of the Wall Street Journal reporter. "I can assure my countrymen that we will not leave any stone unturned to bring all these people involved in this murder to justice and set an example of them for other such people who may be thinking of such acts in the future," Musharraf declared, vowing to wipe out all extremist groups. "I think our resolve increases with such acts to move more strongly against all such terrorist people and those organizations which perpetrate such terrorism. To move against them and liquidate them entirely from our country," he said. Edit: Here's the link: haaretzdaily.com

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (19723)	2/24/2002 1:08:47 AM
From: SirRealist	Respond to of 281500

>> Most Americans, I am sure, had no idea we even had such enemies and thought that "kill the Jews" anti-Semitism had died with the Third Reich. Even now most networks tiptoe around the obvious motives for picking Danny Pearl as a victim: An American, a Jew, and a reporter for the Wall Street Journal. Three for the price of one. << I don't know what "most Americans" you've been hanging out with are saying, but all of the ones I hear, from tradespeople to executives to customers to beer-swillers, are well aware of the anti-Jewishness. Many are aware of legitimate grievances of Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims, too. Your critique of media was dead-on, but I think you missed the average American by a mile.