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To: Lane3 who wrote (112259)	5/2/2005 11:31:18 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793912

I disagree. No news organization wants to credit another news organization. If they can get the information on their own, they report it without the credit. If they include the credit, that means they can't authenticate it but choose to report it anyway because they don't want to miss out News orgs credit each other all the time. Check the bottom of nearly every print or web news - sources from other news orgs or the wire agencies will be credited. Journalists are pretty open about cadding from each other. I think that civility requires that you line up your ducks before you charge anyone with anything. Right now there is only suspicion, not evidence. If evidence turns up, then have at it Its not likely that sort of evidence will "turn up". The US gov doesn't like its satellite intel being aired on the 6 o'clock news. This was a scoop by CBS from someone willing to leak it. Might not get repeated. That doesn't make it false. The reason it isn't being directly reported by other news agencies is probably because they don't have access to CBS' source, or any equivalent connection to the intel. It's a solid and specific enough piece of info for me to credit it as probable. The US Gov seems convinced enough, and we know there are more birds over Iraq than an aviary. Derek

To: Lane3 who wrote (112259)	5/2/2005 11:39:45 AM
From: gamesmistress	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 793912

There is a lot of skepticism in the blogosphere about this story, and whether or not satellite pictures can actually measure the speed of a car (see for example, Wizbang (http://wizbangblog.com/archives/005830.php) and Jawa Report (http://mypetjawa.mu.nu/archives/078873.php). They also note that CBS cited unnamed Pentagon sources for this info. As yet, there is no independent corroboration. So, the LAT may have been correct to remove the mention of the alleged satellite results. (Gack!) While I was searching the LAT for Sgrena stories, I found this example of moral equivalance from the Letters section of the LAT (the only letter online at the moment) which made me gack too: Syria Turns Into Role Model for Occupiers Re "A New Reality for Syria," editorial, April 27: Syria's withdrawal from Lebanon leaves Israel and the United States as the only occupying forces in the region. Now if we can just get Israel to end its occupation of Palestinian lands and the Syrian Golan Heights, and get the Bush administration to set a timetable for bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq. Who would have thought that Syria could serve as a role model? Kenneth Gozlyn San Francisco