On 30 Sep 2004 09:32:28 -0700, "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com>
brought down from the Mount tablets inscribed:

>Michael Cash wrote:
>>
>> The AP radio news, in characteristic unbiased fashion, informed me
>> this evening that in the debates Kerry will call Bush to account for
>> "the mess in Iraq".
>>
>Just out of curiosity, do you think it's not a mess and think we were
>absolutely right for going there and taking our eyes completely off the
>ball?

I have said before that I think it was perfectly justified, though
that doesn't mean it was a good idea.

My point was not so much as with whether it is or is not a mess. My
point was that using a phrase like "the mess in Iraq" is
editorializing, not reporting. At least not in the context in which it
was used in that particular news broadcast. "The situation in Iraq"
would have been more appropriate.




--

Michael Cash

"I am sorry, Mr. Cash, but we are unable to accept your rap sheet in lieu of
a high school transcript."

                                Dr. Howard Sprague
                                Dean of Admissions
                                Mount Pilot College