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To: zonder who wrote (3761)	2/11/2003 11:34:29 AM
From: Neocon	Respond to of 15987

I do not want to ignore the issue due to the difficulty of finding material you would consider appropriate. Besides, as Nadine has noted, most news agencies are dependent on sources near the action, and a lot of accounts you read originate with Palestinian stringers anyway, so it is hard to know the provenance of any tale.......

To: zonder who wrote (3761)	2/11/2003 1:45:23 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 15987

zonder, there is another way to determine bias. CC the article. Highlight the words you consider biased. Then do the same with a similar article you feel is "unbiased"....You could put both in a post if you wish... Helps us understand your bias, as to understand our own.

To: zonder who wrote (3761)	2/11/2003 10:08:10 PM
From: Hawkmoon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 15987

However, they are undeniably biased sources, and there are many different ways of interpreting the events that take place in such areas of conflict. Certainly.... Like the fact that there is relatively little discussion about Palestinians who are killed by their "own" people because they are Israeli"collaborators"??? btselem.org According to the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Spokesperson, 942 Palestinians were killed by other Palestinians on suspicion of collaboration between December 9, 1987, when the Intifada erupted, and November 30, 1993. The Associated Press puts the number at 771. news.bbc.co.uk usatoday.com usatoday.com guardian.co.uk And here's some good "honest" reporting from a Palestinian journalist and apparently documentary creator: pleiades.net pleiades.net Hawk