For all of you concerned about media bias

I know that many people mistrust the media, thinking they're either right-wing hacks, left-wing commies, America-haters . . . pick your pejorative term. And I know that the media's actions during wartime is an especially hot topic.

So you might find this link interesting: http://www.onthemedia.org/. One of the journalists featured on today's program is Farnaz Fassihi, senior Middle East correspondent for the Wall Street Journal. Asked about the perception that journalists print only bad news from Iraq, purposely squelching good news, she replied that "If five car bombs went off in New York today, and 50 car bombings took place, I'm sure the metro reports would be talking about that, and not that a school got painted."

There's also a good discussion about journalists' safety, a report from CBS about times they have sat on a story at the military's recommendation, and talk about the English language version of Al-Jazeera that's coming in May. Check it out.

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