Talk:Joel Stein

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1 "Warriors and wusses" related quotations
2 LINKS and NPOV
3 Split Page
4 Links

[edit] "Warriors and wusses" related quotations

Nice biased summary there, author - "solely the tools of US Imperialism" - he never said that of course. —Ekoontz 18:51, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

To the uninformed: the quote is taken verbatim from Stein's article; try a little research prior to lofting accusations. J 09:50, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

The accuracy of the quotations (or paraphrases) is a red herring. Quotations in general aren't encyclopedic unless there is an explicitly stated point that isn't adequately illustrated without them. In this article, so far, the point that people seem to want to illustrate is that they're not above using selected quotations for shock value and to engender an unfavorable opinion of Mr. Stein in the reader.

I think at the moment, the article contains a relatively neutral characterization of the controversy surrounding the op-ed piece, and explains why it is controversial, and needs no quotations to further illustrate the point. I hear the Bill O'Reilly (commentator) article could use the same treatment. Any takers? :) —mjb 04:07, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] LINKS and NPOV

Is there a link which can be added to balance out the very heavy bias of the current link to a site called "radio blogger?" Amoung other things, the site's editor adds in his own comments about the interview, which include his brilliant an eloquent statement that the "[Los Angeles] Times is the worst paper in the country." In fact there is a fairly persistent anti-Stein bias in this article as well. Please keep Wikipedia NPOV. Pelegius 17:08, 20 February 2006 (UTC)