[Cicero]

Very poorly written article. You have to get down to the bottom of it to see that "Tunisia pulled the plug, announcing that it would not preside over a gathering willing to make what it called only a tepid commitment to reform."

Doesn't the Times at least have a stringer in Tunisia who could ask the government for a statement? Even a "No comment"? Shoddy, slipshod, poorly written journalism, all too typical of the Times today. They are not only over the top politically, they no longer can write, spell, or compose a decent news article.

[Rummyfan]

It's the 'diversity' in the news room, doncha know?

[okie01]

You have to get down to the bottom of it to see that "Tunisia pulled the plug, announcing that it would not preside over a gathering willing to make what it called only a tepid commitment to reform."

Only then does one understand the gravity of the decision -- and the direction they are pushing.

This was a development of profound importance. Yet, there is not so much as a hint of what the story is really about until one sifts through all the chaff and digs out the kernel for one's self.

The Times is a shadow of what it once was and should be (and still believes it is).