I found it quite interesting in your 11/15/02 article “Man Bites Watchdogs,” by Michael Miner, how bias was clearly detectable in an article about bias. First off, let me say I believe it was an important article, talking about the hot-button issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the remarkable spin campaign of the Israelis. It’s exactly the kind of thing that doesn’t get talked about in American media, for fear of being branded with the anti-Semitism stick. Kudos for bringing it up.
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I wanted to both applaud the story’s main effort and warn against the tendency to subvert the main effort by editorializing on a more minor issue. You can still suggest your dislike without being intrusively obvious about it; her interruptions alone would have done it. Just be better about it in the future is my recommendation.
