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To: greenspirit who wrote (93581)	4/15/2003 9:17:43 AM
From: JohnM	Respond to of 281500

When a major news organization, such as the N.Y. Times, is wrong as routinely as they've been in their predictions of the Afghanistan and Iraq conflict, I ask you, why do so many consider the N.Y. Times a credible source of opinion? They were wrong in the first Gulf War, they were wrong in Afghanistan, and they've been proven totally wrong in their analysis of the Iraqi situation. Michael, if you wish to make these claims, it would help (a) to have evidence, and (b) to separate functions, activities, what not. It may be true, as I think it is, the Johnny Apple was more than a little hyperbolic with his doomsday predictions. But it's quite another thing to argue "The NYTimes" was. That's an assessment of their overall coverage, of their overall analysis pieces, and of their overall opinion pieces. A rather large task. Go to it if you can make the case. But without it, it's simply your personal opinion and won't persuade any one else.