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To: American Spirit who wrote (17824)	5/18/2005 1:32:15 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 361059

VOICE OF THE PEOPLE (LETTER) chicagotribune.com The deafening sound of media silence By Robert Koehler, Syndicated columnist Tribune Media Services Published May 16, 2005 Chicago -- The Chicago Tribune has done a lot of tough, courageous investigative work over the years, and is a paper I have long admired and relied on for my news. So my disappointment at its lack of coverage of the well-documented irregularities in the 2000 and 2004 elections, and its unconcern about the security of future elections, is profound indeed. This disappointment turned into active dismay after public editor Don Wycliff chose to write a column ("When winning isn't everything," Commentary, April 28) dismissing the concerns of a substantial number of readers who had e-mailed the Tribune recommending it publish a column I had written, "The Silent Scream of Numbers," discussing those irregularities and reporting on a national election-reform conference in Nashville last month. Wycliff's column placed anyone deeply concerned that massive election fraud had occurred on Nov. 2 on a moral plane beneath Richard Nixon, who swallowed his narrow defeat in 1960 without noticeable protest. Many experts have sounded the alarm about unverifiable electronic voting and U.S. Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has written a 102-page report on the massive disenfranchisement that occurred in inner-city and college precincts in Ohio on Nov. 2. But despite that, in an e-mail to me Wycliff said the issue would only be worth media attention if John Kerry "and all the other folks who had the most to gain from the election" were crying foul, not ordinary citizens. Of all my objections to what Wycliff has written on this issue, both in his column and to me personally, I find this contention the most dispiriting. It reflects the wrongheaded, "horse race" coverage of elections the media have shoved down our throats for as long as I can remember. Wycliff even used a sports analogy, pointing out that "it's not the pregame prognostication and expert opinions that count, but the numbers on the scoreboard after the contest has actually been played." The Bush team won; the Kerry team lost. And the voters must be the equivalent of sports fans then, either jubilant or disappointed when the game is over, but couch potatoes either way, not participants. Anyone else just a little bit offended? As one of the hundred or so readers who responded to the column put it: "Winning isn't everything, but fair elections are everything." In my column, I quoted exit-poll analyst Jonathan Simon: "When the autopsy of our democracy is performed, it is my belief that media silence will be given as the primary cause of death." Copyright © 2005, Chicago Tribune

To: American Spirit who wrote (17824)	5/18/2005 1:52:45 AM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 361059

British Lawmaker Issues Scathing Words for Neocons lightupthedarkness.org <<...“This group of neocons (neoconservatives) is involved in the mother of all smokescreens,” he said of the committee. “I want to turn the tables on this neocon, pro-Israel, pro-war, Republican lynch mob.” He earlier told Reuters that he had "no expectation of justice from a group of Christian fundamentalist and Zionist activists under the chairmanship of a neocon (President) George Bush who is pro-war.” “I come not as the accused but as the accuser,” he added. Galloway offered some choice words for Sen. Norm Coleman, R-Minn., the chair of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, as well. “It’s Mr. Coleman who’s been all over the news and he’s a lick-spittle, crazed neocon who is engaged in a witch hunt against all those he perceives to have betrayed the United States in their plan to invade and occupy Iraq,” Galloway told Associated Press Television News...>>

To: American Spirit who wrote (17824)	5/18/2005 2:05:17 AM
From: geode00	Respond to of 361059

But they retracted their story when they really didn't have to. They shouldn't have done that. They should have stood by their story. After all, the NYTimes, are still standing by that twit Miller EVEN AFTER they apologized for her coverage. She's still employed by them when she should have been booted in disgrace. That's what Newsweek should have done. Stood by their story, explained (as they're doing anyway) how it came about, explained where the source was, explained about the vetting by the Pentagon and then boldly questioned the administration: Your guy vetted the story before publishing AND you guys said nothing for 11 days after it was published. Now, since they retracted it, the WH smells cowardice and are NOW BLAMING NEWSWEEK FOR THE RIOTS! It's unbelievably evil.