Brew disagress with me about the Pearl video, but I think he's comparing apples and oranges. I was not calling for CBS to broadcast the Daniel Pearl video, but making it somehow available for people to view when it has been viewed and described by many in the media is perfectly acceptable. His issue of tit-for-tat coverage - if they show one dead Israeli they need to show one dead Palestinian - is an entirely separate one and has to do with the slant of news coverage. Besides, an American reporter, Jewish or not, being kidnapped and killed really has nothing to do with the Israel/Palestine situation. Even if it did in the minds of its kidnappers, it is news in its own right. Overplayed or not, once the media reports on the video it is silly for them to protect us from it.
