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**22CreessGah** · 07-22-2011, 05:46 PM

Maybe they do, but the piece in question is from the Opinion section. Certainly language like "dragging the United States into another major war and endangering US military and civilian personnel" isn't even remotely objective.

Ah, I didn't twig to the fact that it is an opinion piece. That means I am even less inclined to stock up in anticipation of the next Great War.

But that having been said, opinion pieces don't need to be balanced or dispassionate - that's the whole point of opinion pieces. I don't faulty Al Jazzera for running it any more than I fault the New York Times for running David Brooks and Paul Krugman.

Interestingly, however, that phrase you quote is technically "objective," or at least nearly so, in the sense that it is objectively true that if Israel and Iran did suddenly find themselves at war and the U.S. got involved, both our military and civilian populations would be at risk.

07-22-2011, 05:46 PM	#9
22CreessGah Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 447 Senior Member	Maybe they do, but the piece in question is from the Opinion section. Certainly language like "dragging the United States into another major war and endangering US military and civilian personnel" isn't even remotely objective. Ah, I didn't twig to the fact that it is an opinion piece. That means I am even less inclined to stock up in anticipation of the next Great War. But that having been said, opinion pieces don't need to be balanced or dispassionate - that's the whole point of opinion pieces. I don't faulty Al Jazzera for running it any more than I fault the New York Times for running David Brooks and Paul Krugman. Interestingly, however, that phrase you quote is technically "objective," or at least nearly so, in the sense that it is objectively true that if Israel and Iran did suddenly find themselves at war and the U.S. got involved, both our military and civilian populations would be at risk.
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