The New York Times editorial today is particularly viscious.
On the one hand, it congratulates Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon "for standing firm and proceeding with the Gaza pullout...[and]...bowing to a demographic reality and a realistic understanding" of Israel's needs.
On the other, it denigrates resigning Finance Minster Benjamin Netanyahu, pitying him for "still refusing to acknowledge" a political, economic and emotional reality that Israel cannot hold on to the Gaza Strip.
In a few months time, however, we will know what the reality will be as it will be reported on the pages of the NYT and broadcast.
Will that reality be the optimistic view Sharon sees, that of peace, or the pessimistic outlook of Netanyahu, one of increased terror?
But the real puzzle will be: will the New York Times recognize the reality when it occurs or we will still be treated to plain bad advice?
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