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Dear Max:

Identity is immaterial to the suitability of inquiries posted.   The
questions stand or fall on their own merit.  Certainly, the four questions
asked were direct and honest.

Not all journalists whose work comes under fire are afforded the courtesy
of a rebuttal hosting or webcast by Freedom Forum. So naturally, one
wonders how the selection of deserving candidates is accomplished.

>My own goal in posting the links to the Smith/Oliver rebuttal was to make them
>available to as many people as possible who are interested in this story, and
>who wish to draw their own conclusions on the matter. That's the same reason
>why we are webcasting this as well.  They are on our public website
>commensurate with our mission.

Does your "mission" extend to all journalists whose integrity is
questioned; or to selected examples only?

>You, of course, are welcome to draw any conclusions you wish to draw from
>this.

Your generosity overwhelms.

>P.S. ...I still wish you would openly do all of us the courtesy of openly
>and clearly identifying yourself in all your postings to this list.

I have discuussed this issue with Steve Outings, the list owner, since the
list's earliest days.  He has never made the demands upon me that you feel
are so necessary.    You may draw any conclusions you wish.   8-)

> But I gave up on expecting this common online courtesy from you a long,
>long time ago.
>(And at least I know how to be succinct and brief.)

You were right to give up expecting others to implement your preferences;
but wrong to award yourself writing plaudits.

Below are the four modest questions that elicited Max's response.

>At 12:48 PM 7/22/98 -0400, xerxes wrote:

>>Does this mean that Freedom Forum has taken a position of defending the
>>allegations of Oliver/Smith?  Or is this "rebuttal hosting" and
>>"webcasting" by Freedom Forum happen more in the way of providing a forum
>>for ANY journalists who may come under fire for perhaps stretching a rumor
>>too far beyond the evidence?

>>Does the Freedom Forum believe that the US Government used nerve gas
>>against deserters?  Does the Freedom Forum believe that representatives of
>>the Clinton Administration are willfully misleading the public on this
>>issue?




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