Which page is it? News/editorial?

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#1

In case any have missed my position on current White House occupants, I’m not a fan of Mr. Bush. However, I am in favor of balanced reporting by news agencies.

Now, while I may indulge myself in mocking our current White House Occupant, and his actions are certainly fair game for the media, but I feel this Crosses the line.

“Bush keeps training wheels on foreign policy with Mexico trip”???

To me, having a headline such as that, and the general tone of the article is suggests less than a balanced viewpoint, reminds me of Doonesbury’s cartoons (on the editorial page, of course), where a news reporter would say something like “and in his usual idiotic manner…” .

Now, it is IMHO relevant to mention that Mr. Bush was questioned about his readiness for foreign policy development, but ‘training wheels’??? So, when does reporting cross over into editorializing?

#2

For what it’s worth, I’ll chime in and agree with you. It was certainly out of line. I’m sure, however, that you wouldn’t hear Peter Jennings lead off a news story with that headline, yet this comes from , ostensibly, the same news source. I wonder how that works, exactly. . .

On the other hand, I think that the headline isn’t too far off base. Neither do these guys: http://www.nationallampoon.com/article2defaultpar.html