Now, I'm not one to run around screaming "bias" before a press event has taken place but the invitee / roster for this event @ the SF World Affairs Council is almost its own caricature:

Thursday, Mar-18-2004

Did We Get It Right: The Media at War in Iraq

• Moderated by Loren Jenkins, Senior Foreign Editor, NPR
• Lindsey Hilsum, Diplomatic Correspondent, ITN Channel 4 News, UK
• Maher Abdallah Amad, Correspondent, Al Jazeera
• John Burns, Foreign Correspondent, The New York Times
• James Nachtwey, Photographer, Photo Agency VII

Check In: 7:00 PM, Program: 7:30 PM, Members: $5, Nonmembers: $10,

Location: Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley

Cosponsored by the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, the Human Rights Center, the UC Berkeley Office of the Chancellor, The Open Society Institute, and The Commonwealth Club of California

Any guesses which way these folks will argue media bias runs?   (John Burns being a possibly interesting example)  I'm sure that for at least a few of 'em, their test of "Did We Get It Right?" is "Did we manage to stop the war and embarass the US from ever considering it as a tool in the future?"

I'm almost tempted to visit this talk and ask 'em if anyone's written a followup story on how the $87B is being spent in Iraq.   Or interviewed a political prisoner who's been freed from Saddam's jails.   Unfortunately, the rush hour drive across the bay, not to mention some level of concern for my physical well-being will likely stand in the way.