From: ScottW48@hotmail.com   
      
   "Journalists working in conflict zones," Ilene Prusher wrote in a CNN op-ed   
   this week, "too often pull punches in the interest of appearing neutral, or   
   perhaps to ensure that they stay in the good graces of the gunmen in charge."   
      
   Prusher concludes that "if journalists continue to interview members of Hamas,   
   we should report their words more critically and not take their comments at   
   face value. We should provide context that notes how unverifiable their   
   information is and how poor    
   their track record for accuracy has been."   
      
   "By and large, we reporters ate it up," she explained without prompting, in no   
   small part because "Our editors wanted us to have access to this shadowy   
   group."   
      
   Access is the greatest leverage the gov't uses on journalists.   I would   
   suggest to congress that laws assuring equal access in organized press events   
   should be considered.   No more Karine refusing to call on people to avoid   
   troubling questions.   
      
   ScottW   
      
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