As you know I have asked for third party help in mediation or arbitration In the meanwhile let me throw out something to treat as food for thought To quote your observation on the source of some materials that are critical of Code Pink it is coming from conservative websites and talkshows I m going to concentrate a bit more right now on the talkshow Unfortunately even the mainstream electronic media rarely do much in the way of objective reporting it s much more focused on the sensational because that s what the advertisers believe their audiences want For example Jeannie Moos of CNN did speak with Midge Potts after the Waxman hearings Immediately one wonders if the producer is interested in anything more than fill as Moos appears to specialize in the quirky and humorous CNN does have some reporters that are known for hard questions and doing homework If Wolf Blitzer had interviewed her I might very well have expected him to ask some of the questions I would have like asked Do you believe that the Waxman Committee perhaps much as did the Ervin Committee during the beginning of Watergate is investigating things that might lead to the impeachment demanded on your T shirt Why Why not If they are do you think that your actions help the movement to impeach Why Once upon a time there were news shows that dug for content such as Murrow or Cronkite They gradually moved to a very polite set of talking heads such as Meet the Press The advertisers apparently didn t like that and I d note that Murrow etc was considered a service of the network not driven by advertising and we soon had yelling matches such as McLaughlin and Point Counter Point the latter immortalized in parody with Shana you bitch Where are the news shows that have a tough and neutral moderator say between Benjamin and Tierney I m not sure they exist any longer Unfortunately for the country the radio talk shows are almost universally angry right wing So we have websites Frankly I find a website that does financial analysis of group relationships to be fairly serious But let s assume Perazzo is completely tainted Is there a website anywhere in which Code Pink puts out a thoughtful analysis of issues concerning them Codepink org doesn t have anything on politics it s a travel site for women someone probably having snapped up the domain name How is Code Pink and I d really like to find the source if it exists putting out anything besides sound bites at demonstrations They do have some news releases at things like the Walter Reed demonstration which perhaps are a page of accusations In other words where are the reputable sources on either side of this issue that address substance not sound bites I don t see any Code Pink is good at dramatic confrontations but not as good at working in the political process What objective sources exist that will give a reasoned account of a Code Pink position which could then be matched against a reasoned position at the other end of the political spectrum The sad reality is that you aren t seeing either reasoned charges from Code Pink or reasoned responses from the right or I ve missed them if so Tucker Carlson s charges about Chavez are less dramatic than Tierney s but certainly marginal when it comes to the U S political sphere So I ask Daniel what to do in such situations Just copy Code Pink s news releases I would be delighted in this or any other political exchange to see ideas not slogans on both sides In the Democratic presidential primary campaigns there are a few issue papers but all sides Republican and Democratic also go for smears There are a few candidates not all in one party that I believe don t want smears and stop them when staff issues them but sadly most candidates are indulging in attack politics Again I ask how does one provide balanced encyclopedic coverage of an organization that self describes itself as using confrontational tactics Do they get a free pass on criticism if there is no one that criticizes them in a calmer way than their own stunts to use your word