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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36227)	3/23/2004 1:11:12 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793955

InstaPundit - MORAL BLIND SPOTS: One of my regular email critics sent this, which I think is the first non-critical email I've received from him. It's pretty revealing: I realize you generally assume that the vast majority of reporters are praying to their pagan gods for our failure in Iraq and the war against terrorism (I am not one of them), and are now crafting their stories to reflect and facilitate such a thing. While I think you are dead wrong on this, I have to admit I was taken aback by a conversation I had recently with a colleague. I work as a freelancer for a major national publication, and was talking to my editor as we were closing a piece last week. It was Thursday, and the reports were coming out of Pakistan that we might have Ayman al-Zawahiri surrounded. I passed this news on to the editor, who was crestfallen: "Oh, no. I don't want anything good to happen for Bush before the election," was the reaction (P.S., this editor does not edit foreign or political stories). It was a sickening moment. This is a man responsible for thousands of American deaths. So while I have no desire to see Bush re-elected, and I disagree with our attack on Iraq, to hope for our failure in capturing one of the deadliest people in the world is a moral blindspot. Yes, it is. And -- based both on reports like this one, and on the obvious slant of some stories -- I don't think that editor is alone, though I doubt an actual majority of his colleagues feel that way. But some clearly do, letting their Bush-hatred trump their patriotism. This is no surprise, I suppose: there were plenty of Romans who played politics with the barbarian attacks, and sometimes even secretly allied with the barbarians, in the hopes of gaining political advantage at home. This isn't on that level. But it's nothing admirable. And it's naive to think that such attitudes don't influence coverage where they're present.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (36227)	3/23/2004 1:32:31 PM
From: zeta1961	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

Nadine, I guess what I meant to say is that his actions have not been conducive to peace...and neither the Palestinians'...imo, they each seem to not want to "go there" as if being in turmoil is all they know...peace...uncharted territory challenging inbred paradigm of an eye for an eye mentality...So imo, both are at fault...it's so complex, I can't even pretend to know a solution...my father says there never will be one...just periods of less violence alternating with periods of carnage...I tend to think he's probably right... Regards, Zeta