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What scares you more, SARS or terrorism? For me, it's the disease, though I'll concede to a bias: I spent part of last week in Toronto, where commuters are now worried about whom they're sitting next to and where a favorite bar of mine--packed when I was there in February--is now as empty as the Yukon...
...article about the news coverage of the war [CRITIC'S NOTEBOOK, April 14], James Poniewozik questioned whether one should give up journalistic independence in the name of liberty. Journalistic independence doesn't exist without liberty. When liberty is in jeopardy, so is freedom of the press. Journalistic bias exists in varying degrees, no matter what. But journalists need to have perspective on which country allows them to freely report the news in the first place. AARON LLOYD ROLLINS Ventura, Calif...
Poniewozik blasted the journalists and on-air personalities who dared express their approval for our nation's efforts in Iraq. He discussed bias to make his point. I find it refreshing for a news person to admit there is bias in the media. Unlike the majority of reporters, the "biased" individuals Poniewozik talks about often espouse the views of the vast majority of loyal Americans. When did it become a bad thing to believe in your country? Or to want to help those who are oppressed by inhumane regimes? STEVEN HAWKINS Dallas...
...Number of workplace-bias complaints filed by Muslims with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in the 1 1/2 years following Sept...
...people have seemed to notice that Pring-Wilson is an enormous man and he stabbed his victim five times. It is up to a jury to decide whether this constitutes self-defense; however, I hope they succeed at being less biased than local news outlets have thus far. Alexander Pring-Wilson is not the victim in this situation. His background of incredible privilege and natural talent may make some less sympathetic to his “mistake” in killing another person, and that bias would be unjust. However, I fear instead it saddens some people more, as though...