You've got to be kidding! I wonder if you also think that Fox News is "fair and balanced." That piece in the Ledger was a subtle variation on the traditional Fairfield sport of Ru bashing. The twist was that it used the New Rus (the Amma crowd) to bash the old Rus (TMO followers). I had thought that this sport was dying out, but it appears that it is alive and well.
--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to balance the other shit you might have heard here, > I'll say what I said before -- I think you wrote a balanced and > extremely fair op-ed piece. I wish other articles about non- > mainstream spirituality could be a tenth as fair. > > Unc - Barry Wright > > > --- In [email protected], "gable52556" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > I'm the author of the column in Thursday's Ledger. > > > > Disclaimer: Everything I'm posting here is my own opinion, not > > that of my employer. > > > > I've learned a few interesting things about myself in the past few > > days. Apparently I'm a "longtime Amma devotee" who is > > engaged in some kind of conspiracy with Rick Archer. > > > > To address the first point, I've covered Amma's visit to Mount > > Pleasant for the past two years. If that makes me a devotee, > > then I guess I'm a TM devotee as well, because I've spent much > > more time at M.U.M. events in the past three years. > > > > To address the second point, I've met Rick Archer in person > > maybe four or five times. And, no, he did not suggest this > > column to me. > > > > I do read FairfieldLife on a regular basis, just as I also read > > Fairfield Community Kiosk and quite a few bulletin boards in > > town. It's part of the process of keeping abreast of what's going > > on. Because of this, I've been aware of this issue for some time. > > > > A few people expressed interest in knowing how the column > > came about. At the community meeting hosted last summer by > > John Hagelin at the Fairfield Public Library, it became clear to > > me that the university's policy toward the "lady saints," as one > > audience member called them, was a topic of great interest to > > many people in town. That was the genesis of the column. > > > > As Mark Meredith pointed out, the piece was an opinion column, > > not a news article. It it had been a news story, I obviously would > > have left my own thoughts out of it. As it stands, any opinions > > which are directly attributed to Rick Archer, Craig Pearson, etc., > > are their own. Any opinions which are not attributed are mine. > > They are the product of three years of observing life in Fairfield. > > > > One person said the column should have included interviews > > with people other than university officials who are happy with the > > TM movement. I'd like to draw an analogy here. When you read > > a story about something the president has done, typically the > > reporter will quote the president, a few of his aides, and a few > > critics from the Democratic side of the aisle. That way, the > > reporter tells both sides of the story. Should every reporter who > > writes a story about the president seek out a half-dozen satisfied > > Republicans to talk about what a great job they think he's doing? To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
