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To: JohnM who wrote (28925)	5/8/2002 1:22:42 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

They definitely have a position on the ME John, you're making me giggle. Everybody has their position. Everybody! By all means, take their position into account. You didn't really expect the New York Times itself to write such an article? You just have the illusion that the New York Times and the Washington Post have 'less' of a position, or 'better' positions, so they don't count as 'having positions'. But they too, have their position.

To: JohnM who wrote (28925)	5/8/2002 3:06:57 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

From Andrew Sullivan, apropos of the NY Times' 'position': WHAT'S IN A LABEL? The New York Times, which has only recently stopped calling Pim Fortuyn an extremist, had the following to say today about the political assassination of a would-be prime minister of Holland: "Dutch political leaders decided today to go ahead with the general elections next week, even after the killing of Pim Fortuyn, a right-wing politician who had stood a chance to become the country's next prime minister. The police confirmed today that they were holding the assassination suspect, a 32-year-old Dutch environmental activist." Notice how a socially libertarian maverick is "right-wing" but an ideological assassin is just an "environmental activist." Even the Dutch police have described the murderer as an enviro-radical. But extremes, in the Time's p.c. world, only exist on the right. The subtle marginalization of Fortuyn continues, even in death. I would simply ask you to imagine: if this gay man were a liberal and had been killed by a fascist, do you think this story would be treated by the New York Times the same way? The Times article: nytimes.com