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Hi Russ. This "Just Exactly Perfect" piece should get you an award. You were fair in your analysis and poignant in your commentary. I was in agreement with 99% of your "positioning" (I never give anyone 100%) on who is factual in the media ranks. Jennifer Griffin is a remarkable person/reporter. Thank you and I hope and pray we can get peace in the Ukraine soon. Cuz Bob

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Thanks Cuz! I will graciously accept any awards proffered. 😂 And let me know if you’d like to submit a guest commentary for JEP.

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Although I don't agree with 99% of what you write, I find it interesting to read articles like this from time to time to see how much people are in thrall to their own biases and prejudices, and how difficult it is for them to follow sources other than those that support their biases in an unbiased manner. In fact, you basically listed only those sources that are pro-Ukrainian without mentioning sources from the "other side of the barricade". You are obviously one of the people who think that Russia invaded Ukraine completely unjustified, unprovoked, irrationally. So, from my point of view, you have flouted your own "five W's" rule - specifically the fifth pillar of a good reporter, which is also the most important one => the "why" one. No human being acts without a reason, even if various politicians and commentators (including you!) try to convince us of it today. Did you also write this article of yours without any reason? Or did something provoke you to write it? Didn't you write it with a goal, a purpose? And yet you don't hesitate to accuse Putin (or even the entire Russian nation) of acting without reason, without purpose ... purely psychopathically. This is a very typical manifestation of "double standards" and warped thinking that only brings more injustice into the public arena. I am not advocating any war or violence, but I abhor the double standard and injustice that people like you sow into the world, making it worse.

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