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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (4148)	8/2/2003 11:10:24 AM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793570

It keeps unraveling at the Times. INSTAPUNDIT INTERESTING TRANSCRIPT of a PBS Newshour segment on the New York Times' decision to get an ombudsman. Excerpt: TERENCE SMITH: Susan Tifft, in a memo to the staff yesterday, Bill Keller said the committee that Joann was on had concluded that the Blair fiasco was made possible in part by a climate of, "isolation, intimidation, favoritism, and unrelenting pressure on the staff by the top editors." That sounds like a pretty damning indictment of Howell Raines and his deputy. SUSAN TIFFT: Well, I think it was. I mean, in some places the report, I think, was very harsh, but I think it also was not directed entirely just at Howell Raines, the former executive editor. I think what was really remarkable about the report was that it was really trying to get at a sort of systemic culture of the newsroom of The New York Times. Will adding an ombudsman be enough, or is that mere window-dressing? I think that if the culture doesn't change, it won't be enough. instapundit.com

To: Tom Clarke who wrote (4148)	8/2/2003 3:46:50 PM
From: MSI	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793570

There is nothing insidious about a group of businessmen advancing a conservative agenda I would agree, unless they are also part of gov't, particularly the intel services. The outgoing German intel chief said "90% of what worldwide intelligence services do is propaganda and media control". I'll find the link. Eventually it will have to be a felony for anyone to use gov't funds to secretly to influence public media. Otherwise gov't insiders will increasingly use covert funds to manipulate public opinion.