PEN-L: After 9/11, the ombudsman for The Sacramento Bee wrote that the anti-war letters to the editor outnumbered the pro-war letters. Think the editorial letters page reflected this? Think again. The paper reprinted old pro-war letters, he wrote.
Seth Re: Re: America is losing the battle for hearts and minds by Tim Bousquet 12 November 2001 --- Jim Devine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >the bombing of Japan was primarily >aimed at civilians -- even >before Hiroshima -- and almost everybody knows it. > Alas, not true. The Publisher of the local corporate daily wrote an op-ed piece a couple of weeks ago saying that "the US has never targeted civilians." Maybe a half dozen people wrote in to set him straight, but far more wrote to support him. I don't think Chico is so very far off the grid in this regard, and I bet if you take a poll of the first ten people you run into out on the street, you'll find that most of them woul agree that the US has not targeted civilians. tim ===== Check out the Chico Examiner listserves at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DisorderlyConduct http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ChicoLeft Subscribe to the Chico Examiner for only $40 annually or $25 for six months. Mail cash or check payabe to "Tim Bousquet" to POBox 4627, Chico CA 95927 __________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
