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   From: omnipitus2002@yahoo.com   
      
   Peter Petrofski  wrote in message   
   news:blukus$e3h$00$1@news.t-online.com...   
   > well 'none', in germany we are used to reading articles from very   
   different   
   > perspectives. you'Re obviously not used to having a wide range of   
   > standpoints, showing situations from different points of view.   
   > to us that's normal. I live in germany and I know the press ranges from   
   left   
   > to right and from pro-whatever to con-whatever.   
      
   Sorry peter...Europeans have no pedestal to stand on comparing media.  In   
   North America there are literally hundreds of media outlets ranging from   
   extremely left to extremely right.   
      
   > you should not see an article like that as propaganda. it's free press. It   
   > does not have the objective to give a balanced analysis of the whole   
   > problem. it just highlights one perspective. that is a substantial element   
   > of free press. seeing thing from different perspectives.   
   >   
   > I thing we can handle critical words much better than you can. here   
   critics   
   > are not at first discriminated as morons, idiots, fundamentalists or   
   > whatever. they are accepted as critics. that's the basis for discussion   
   and   
   > the basis for democracy.   
   >   
   > how else would it be possible to understand the situation if not by   
   looking   
   > at it from different directions?   
   >   
   > I remember you mentioned the value of democracy, 'none'. but obviously you   
   > don't know what the basis for democracy is.   
   > -peter   
      
   Ummm....that ascertion is automatically disproven by the very fact of his   
   post, isn't it?   
      
   BTW - can you dismiss the article on its merits rather than attacking   
   'none'? Is it reasonable to assume that Germans have a different view of   
   this conflict than Americans based largely on the rumblings of the German   
   media?  And has the German media been concerned with portraying a balanced   
   view?   
      
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