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alffy
Joined: 25 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Fri Jan 19, 2007 8:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Gopher wrote: |
| alffy wrote: |
| And I have admitted in my post, "as presented by the BBC." Although, I believe this organization is one of the more reliable of the British media (yes, I realize some think it has lost a touch of this in recent years, but I still feel they are fairly legitimate). |
No question that BBC, The Economist, and The Guardian rank among the most reliable English-language news sources. Same goes for the the New York Times, Washington Post, and, indeed, one or two others that I cannot presently recall.
I do not propose an either accept/or reject choice with respect to their information. Just increased consciousness.
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| ...the evidence has been accumulating over the last few years that the Vice President's office has a very strong influence on this Administration's foreign policy. |
I agree that this seems to be the case. I also find it inappropriate and would change it. Of all the officials we have seen in Washington since Jan. 2001, Cheney is the one I find most problematic, if not more corrupt than is usual in Washington and, indeed, dangerous. Perhaps the Vice-President is behind much of this.
However, we really lack direct evidence on this, and much comes from what appears to be, at least at times, hysterical, accusatory speculation or, at best: gossip and rumor.
I suggest giving the new Congress and new SecDef time. If not, I am sure Wangja can tell us how many days yet remain... |
Dammit, Gopher, stop making sense...I'm not sure how to deal with that at this time. |
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stevemcgarrett
Joined: 24 Mar 2006
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Gopher:
The Economist is a solid publication but The Guardian is an agenda-driven leftwing rag. C'mon, get serious.
The NYT has been decidedly one-sided in its Op-Ed page for years; it has lost its credibility in news analysis, too, as an objective source.
I'd take the reporting in The Christian Science Monitor over either of them any day. |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| stevemcgarrett wrote: |
| I'd take the reporting in The Christian Science Monitor over either of them any day. |
That was one of those that I forgot to mention above. Yes, an excellent source. |
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