RE: "What went wrong with US Intelligence" on NPR now...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Rehm [SMTP:javadisciple@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 4:49 PM
> To:   midrange-nontech@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: "What went wrong with US Intelligence" on NPR now...
>
> On Wednesday 19 September 2001 01:49 pm, Draper, Dale wrote:
        >> Hmmm Chris, now who's jumping to conclusions?

        >I'm sorry, what conclusion did I jump to?

        You're right, I was being polite. Your portrayal of NPR merely
showed lack of knowledge of the subject. And a knee jerk reaction to the
media in general, which being a media basher myself, I understand. But in
this case was off base.

        >> Or do you think any crititique is unjustified? If so, state why
please.

        >No, I don't think that any critique is unjustified.

        SNIP, then goes on to belittle any such critiques, essentially
saying they are unjustified.

        Which answer is it please?

> > > > On National Public Radio they have a program entitled "What went
> wrong
> > > > with US Intelligence" THEIR title not mine and they have had some
>
        >That doesn't sound so "even handed and calm" to me.

        So, how should they have phrased this perfectly valid topic to suit
your ear? Of course, in this case, calling it by any other name would be
obscuring the issue with language. As something did go wrong, or to put it
in another way, it could have, should have, gone much, much better. And that
is a topic worthy of discussion.