Interesting op-ed in the Times Online yesterday that acknowledged the almost total disconnect between many MSM reporters and reality.
A CHASE across several continents came to its conclusion yesterday morning. In a high, wood-panelled room filled with rows of chairs, Tony Blair finally tracked down the British press so that he could explain things to them — most of all so that he could explain the latest thinking on a long-term ceasefire in Lebanon.
He wanted to tell them about renewing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. He wanted to share with them that overnight he had spoken to President Bush, and in the early morning to Fouad Siniora, the Lebanese Prime Minister. That it was agreed that any ceasefire, in his formulation, had “to involve the whole of the Government of Lebanon”. This is presumably so that Hezbollah can do any negotiating not as Hezbollah, but as part of the “whole of the Government of Lebanon”. Which was why, he said patiently, there was no point in simply demanding an immediate ceasefire. And so the chap from Five News then asked: “But why can’t you call for an immediate ceasefire?”
[...]The question that summed the morning up went something like this: “If your opinions are so moderate and sensible, how come everyone thinks they’re crap, whatever they are?”
It’s a good thing those reporters are tolerant, open-minded and objective.
