Gwen Ifill just distorted Kerry's words in the NY Times magazine piece, stating the Kerry sees terrorism as a nuisance.
Listen to the piece and contact them at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/letters.html
This is the letter I sent:
I just watched this piece in which Ms. Ifill cited the NY Times magazine piece saying that John Kerry views terrorism as a nuisance, etc.
While this is the Bush campaign's spin, that is NOT what Kerry said: ''We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they're a nuisance."
Shame on the Newshour for putting out campaign spin as fact and misquoting a candidate's position. Did Ms Ifill even read the article? Is the Newshour unfamiliar with Google in which the correct quote can be found in about 5 seconds?
This mis-statement of a quote can only be attributed to shoddy journalism or a partisan slant to the piece, neither of which is in keeping with the mission of the Newshour, which purports to report the NEWS, not spin.
We have to work together to keep them at least somewhat honest.