[FourtySeven]

Buchanan's anti-semitism is somewhat up for debate, imo; Moran, clearly anti-semetic. But Tim Russert?!?

Tim Russert is one of the last beacons of truly unbaised reporting in the mainstream media! Forget about putting his question to Perle in context of the whole interview, let's look at the question itself: "And what would be the link in terms of Israel?"

Maybe all he was asking was, "Wouldn't Israel also benefit from Saddam's removal?" That's a VALID question! Israel is right next to Iraq; Israel is a key ally to the US. If it were a non-Jewish state that was being asked about, would it STILL be an invalid question? It says nothing about whether or not it's "right" to remove Saddam. It's just asking, "Are we doing it for Israel ALSO, or is it just for our own interests that we want to remove Saddam?" Hardly an anti-semetic question.

We know that there's liberal bias in the media; let's not squander that by trying to look for bias anywhere and everywhere.

[SJackson]

Forget about putting his question to Perle in context of the whole interview, let's look at the question itself: "And what would be the link in terms of Israel?"

The reason I added the context was that Russert referred to Perle's past work with an Israeli think tank, which puts the question in context, he didn't pull it out of thin air. Perle wan't offended, answered it, and Russert was done. Quite different that Buchanan and Moran.