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Dear Bari,

I looked for a long time to find an outlet that was not biased. I thought I found that in the Free Press. Now I am not so sure about the lack of bias. I am disappointed in many of the articles I have listened to and read.

I am interested in real news. I don't need to know the private lives of the journalists I am reading; that includes whether there are divorced or not, have children or not, are homosexual or heterosexual, whether they are Christian or Muslim or Jew, etc. I am looking for the most objective and unbiased news I can find. And finding that is very difficult.

I just listened to your interview with Sheryl Sandberg. You are making rape about what happened October 7th. There are still 30 men held prisoner at Guantanamo. Rape occurred over the past 22 years at that prison. Prostitutes were brought in and seduced the naked Muslim prisoners. This is rape during war time and no side is innocent of these crimes. The United States has historically supported several dictatorships and undermined democracy in different countries. Right after 911 innocent muslims were murdered and told to go back to Iraq. The U.S. has looked the other way throughout history. Migrants are told to go back to Mexico/South America. Blacks are still told to go back to Africa. These massive injustices are not relegated to any one population or religion. Native Americans still live on reservations.

During this interview you had lots to say about your personal beliefs as a Jewish woman. Toward the end of the interview Sheryl spoke about the innocent women in Gaza, honor killings, Palestinian women threaten by Hamas. She included women of all religions being held down or held back. She spoke about a 2 state solution and citizenship for non Jews in Israel. I watched as you sat silent with you arms folded around you stomach. You did not respond once to this. You were silent. Is this the way an unbiased journalist behaves?

The injustices are profound. After WWI, the atrocities committed on the post war Germans starved millions of innocent Germans. I think the United States' punishment of German's after WWI set up WWII. I look at the current political landscape and I wonder if we are going down a similar path.

I agree with Sheryl Sandberg, it is the polarization and division that is doing harm. An "us vs them" attitude will only leave us with winners and losers. We need more people searching for a "win/win" solution. Finding the middle way is not easy. I do hope the Free Press is up to the task.

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Ms. Seeley drinks heavily from the far left Kool Aid - the problems of the world are because of western democracies! If the facts don't fit the narrative they didn't happen, etc.

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