1.  With whom do you agree:
--James Taranto, who says that by airing a video CNN is participating in a "P.R. campaign aimed at influencing the American public" or
--CNN, which says the video is a story that needs to be told?
Explain your answer.

2.  What do you think of Mr. Taranto's statement that America's mainstream media are actively working to promote defeat in Iraq?  Show one of your parents this post, and ask him/her the same questions.

3.  Would you feel differently about the video CNN aired if the American soldier being shot by an insurgent sniper was your father or brother?  Explain your answer.