PMWATCH - March 29, 2002 -- "If Ariel Sharon and his government are really after pressing 
	Arafat to stop suicide bombers, then why have they confined him to his barracks since December 
	2001, destroyed his helicopters, annihilated his communication and security infrastructures, and
	relentlessly terrorized Palestinian civilians?"

	An obvious enough question? 

	And yet, when was the last time you heard Paula Zahn, Chris Matthews, Larry King, Brian Williams, 
	Jeff Greenfield, Aaron Brown, Ted Koppel, Dan Rather, Tom Brokaw, and the rest of the media pack, 
	ask it of Ranaan Ghissin, Ehud Olmert, Benjamin Netanyahu, Alon Pinkus and other regular mouthpieces 
	of the Israeli propaganda machine? Whay are the obvious questions just simply not asked? 

	Please impress the media to start by asking the most glaringly obvious questions and to stop
	insulting the intelligence of their viewers and listeners.

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	For other basic failings of interviewers, please see: 


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