Bin Laden: The story that needs to be told

[Gary Ashwill]

on 9/12/01 8:22 PM, Nathan Newman at nathan at newman.org wrote:
> Frankly, the media has been quite good in repeatedly condemning any hint of
> backlash against Arab and Islamic Americans.  They've given lots of play to
> Guiliani's surprisingly moving defense of tolerance and refusal to give into
> hate (it makes you think he should have gotten cancer years ago; he's become
> such a liberal softie.)
> 
> I think at least some of the media are doing penance for their wrong racist
> reactions to the Oklahoma City bombings.

The coverage of Israel/Palestine has been getting gradually better over the
past few years, though far from perfect.  Who knows what effect this will
have, however.

As for Giuliani, his performance has been far more compassionate and
confidence-inspiring than that of, say, Bush fleeing to his Nebraska nuclear
shelter, or the rest of the administration hunkering down in "safe houses."
Cheney was nowhere to be seen.