Liberal Bias?

June 2005

Re June 17: Everytime I read a letter that says The Bee has a liberal
bias I wonder “what planet is this reader from?”

Case in point, the June 17 article “ ‘Downing Street memo’ spotlighted in
Congress.”

The opening statement was that “House Democrats opposed to the war...”
gathered when in fact it was not only Democrats but representatives of
military familes, former Ambassador Joseph Wilson (served under President
George H.W. Bush) CIA analyst Ray McGovern and constitutional attorney
John Bonifa, among others.

There were 122 congressional signatures (not “about 100"), and 560,000
signatures from U.S. citizens on the petition.

The Downing Street memos are in truth actual minutes of several different
meetings that took place within Tony Blair’s Cabinet and cited direct
conversations and quotes from Bush’s cabinet.

The media blackout of this story is a frightening example of the media’s
control over what will be reported/revealed to the American people and a
despicable display of the levels they will go to to protect this
administration.

How many more soldiers have to die or be maimed before the American public
opens their eyes and demands accountability and an end to this unjust war?

Cathlyn Daly, Elk Grove