In the same country?

Lynne Williams’ op-ed, “Left gets it right” (BDN, May 24), left me wondering if we both lived in the same country.

I read and listen to what Williams terms “corporate” media on a daily basis and can assure her that the “corporate” media such as NBC, CBS, ABC, The New York Times and The Washington Post have made very big stories out of the fact that WMDs were never found in Iraq.

Fox News anchors aren’t any more biased than those of CNN, MSNBC or CBS – and they certainly don’t consider Secretary Colin Powell a liberal. Powell is a Republican who doesn’t always agree with the Bush administration, much like our own Republican Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins. Would Williams consider them liberal?

Williams stated: “We are in the midst of a sea change in the media. Regular folks are beginning to think about media issues.”

Regular folks have always thought about media issues. Media issues help shape our thoughts and actions regularly. If we don’t agree with what we read or hear that is our privilege.

H. Bob Cust

Old Town