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To: i-node who wrote (173553)	8/11/2003 9:57:54 PM
From: Thomas M.	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572510

and frankly, I would argue that the example you cited was not a "lie", but may have been a subjective statement Your second example is "False Moral Equivalence at The Times". That's 100% subjective. Omitting a crucial fact is lying by omission. This case was particularly dishonest, because the Fox reporter presented her two theories on Hezbollah's motivation as the only viable theories. This gave the viewer the impression that there were no other viable theories. In general, I find in discussions of this subject, we have liberals trying to turn a minor FOX transgression into a lie No need to discuss generalities. In this specific instance, we have Fox telling its audience that Hezbollah picked a fight with Israel, when in fact Israel picked a fight with Hezbollah. This is a massive transgression, because this incident is part of a campaign to persuade the U.S. to go to war with two different sovereign nations (Iran and Syria). A conservative would be shocked and appalled at this attempt to subvert U.S. foreign policy away from its own best interests. Tom