[mdmathis6]

The problem is is that the papers these reporters were using may only be just distorted parts of Bennett's true record of gambling. He may have "broken" even as he says or he may be in denial in dealing with the full extent of his gambling expeditures and secretly dismayed with it"

Motive of the reporters is important these days as plagiarism and examples of news distortion are rocking the NY Times and other big papers. If we can't trust the main media to get the "stories right", how can we trust that what these reporters are saying is accurate.

Bennett has suffered a flesh wound...he'll recover from it. He has a strong center, or else gambling would have taken over the whole of his life. Perhaps it was about to, which is why God has allowed him to be publically embarrassed like this!

[Bluntpoint]

The motives of the reporters is as ripe for discussion as Bennett's gambling.

However, one's transgression does not erase another's transgression.

Now, I understand you want to view Bennett in the best light possible.

But for me and I know it is a matter of perspective, I view him less favorably today than I did last year.

He always struck me as a bit too smug, but I did believe he believed what he was "preaching."