Reader Randolph Addison writes:

Peter Jennings is in the Palestine/Israel region right now [on ABC radio] interviewing people and getting their feelings on the violence. Had I not heard this from his own mouth, I would have simply not believed the depths of moral relativity that exists in this man. To quote as closely as possible, he said, "...when I interview Israelis, it's almost exactly like interviewing the Palestinians...no, wait, not exactly but very close to. They are both mired in distrust for the other side and feel as though they are entrenched in violence and cannot think of [this is the best part] an imaginative solution..." And he said some more about their distrust and similar feelings, etc.

Yes, because Palestinians who celebrate the death of babies are exactly like Israelis who just want to exist and will retaliate against Palestinian soldiers and militia infantry. I figure if I interview a rapist and his victims, I will get exactly the same interview from both sides. The rapist will say, "Gosh darnit, them there people were asking for it by being all damned snippy and haughty towards me after I cleaned their windows, looking all fancy...they're just trying to rub their wealth in my face by hiring me."

And the victims will have roughly the same story of, "...I just don't see why I had to provoke him by acting as though I was better just because I go to work every day and make a good living. I should not have hired him to clean our windows because it just highlights in the financial disparity of our backwards capitalist system." Yep.

I never liked Peter Jennings for his haughty more-pious-than-thou attitude on everything (even when he is clearly wrong and should know it). This took me over the edge. To draw moral equality between them is just...well, amazing.

One more reason that fewer and fewer watch network news.

Did you see the windbag in question meet with the leader of Hizbollah on World News Tonight last night? It was disgusting. In his narration he said the US "calls them terrorists". The rest implied that this was wrong and they were really just freedom fighters. And the picture of him standing there, waiting to be introduded to this guy(!), from the look on his face you'd think he was waiting to meet Churchill. Disgusting.

What do you expect from the ex-boyfriend of Hanan Ashrawi?

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