The American Spectator

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p> Hallelujah! Ben Stein has hit the nail on the head. The liberal press has little heart for the suffering of people. They just moan and gripe because they did not have the power to keep George Bush out of the presidency. They use every opportunity to whip up bogus anger and venom against the conservative movement. They wouldn't know decency if it bit them on the rear. This craven lust for power is causing the liberal press to break all rules of good, objective truth-telling journalism. When I was in school, they made a big deal of examples of slanted journalism. No more, I guess. The liberal press has a huge collective bloated ego, one that has been trounced twice. Most Americans want to go back to a value-based way of life, a truth-telling way of life. I frankly am sick of the petty, hate-filled, attitude of these lunkhead liberals. br> -- Pat Jones br> Farmington, New Mexico /p>

Please tell Ben and anyone who cares that I thank him for this much-needed article. He said things that I've been wishing, (with a knot in my gut), that someone would have said by now. Not even the pundits who usually support him are willing to stick their neck out in this "open season" on our President. Hopefully, now that he has made the first move, others will follow.

This is truly about the hatred for one man. If they don't stop, I fear the worst for our great nation.

p>Long live Ben Stein. What would we do without him? br> -- Christie /p>

Mr. Ben Stein's customary thoughtfulness shines through again in today's "More on Katrina." His facts and analysis are carefully arrayed and logically presented. He is clearly correct that -- for the first time in many peoples' memories -- the mainstream media has created a series of collateral disasters in their reporting of the natural damage wrought by Katrina. Charges of racism (untrue), inaction by all levels of government (probably true in part), and chaotic disorganization generally (true) were made by the media not because they care so much about human suffering, but rather saw political and commercial opportunities.

p>Coming so closely on the heals of the divisive reporting of the 2004 elections, Iraq war coverage, Memogate, U.N. scandals, and even the contents of Sandy Berger's pants, I submit that the vast majority of Americans in these cases process the FACTS reported by the media and discard the POLITICAL CHAFF out of hand. While some of the more gullible (or politically desperate) among us will always buy into the conspiracies, race-based motivations, and sinister agendas the media concocts, Americans know better and won't be stampeded into indulging elitist fantasies. br> -- Deane Fish

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