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June 14, 2005
My letter to the Bee about KFBK
I wrote to the Bee on Saturday morning in reply to the editorial they did on the Lodi men accused of lying to the FBI about their involvement with an Al Queda-connected religious school in Pakistan. It won't get printed, but I thought I'd post it here. I'd like to say a whole lot more, but 200 words was enough, as I'm beginning to get a 1976 flashback.
RE:Editorial: Concern and restraintI've appreciated the Bee coverage of this situation, and the sense of urgency that Federal authorities have in stating Hate Crimes will be just as vigorously prosecuted as terrorism. Unfortunately, not all Sacramento media is as conscientious as the Bee in reporting the truth and trying to bring balance and context to coverage of this story. KFBK, as of Friday evening, continued to report that "hospitals or certain food supplies were possible targets listed in Federal documents" despite repeated quotes in print, on video, on radio,(not only for local media, but national and international media) of the FBI and Justice Dept. saying this was untrue, as quoted in the Bee's 06/09 story "Fifth Lodi man detained in al-Qaida investigation". It is said Politics makes for strange bedfellows, and KFBK's spreading of inaccuracies, creating Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt seems to put them on the same page as Al Queda, with the some of the same goals. Perhaps KFBK needs to examine their motivations in reporting inaccurate information in this situation, as do their audience members.
Posted by cystdog at June 14, 2005 05:56 AM
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