While Baker, traveling in Italy, did not respond to Observer.com's request for comment, Time defended its cover story as "neither in support of, nor in opposition to, the U.S. war effort" but rather a "straightforward reported piece".
Perhaps the most fatuous part of Time's denial is the insistence that Baker's piece was nothing more than a "straightforward reported piece" that was "neither in support of, nor in opposition to, the U.S. war effort".
For what it's worth, I continue to contend that the notion that this was "a straightforward reported piece" to be plainly ridiculous, for the reasons I cite above.
TIME fully stands by our recent cover story, and as is made clear in the editor's letter--and from the reading of the actual piece--the story is neither in support of, nor in opposition to, the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan; it is a straightforward reported piece about the women of that country.
"It's a thorough, straightforward report with a lot of very good ideas of how to take care of these horses," said Beverly Carter, an executor of the Mellon estate, which provided a $5 million endowment for the foundation and later contributed an additional $2 million.
The story was a pretty straightforward report about a congressional hearing in which TSA Administrator John Pistole talked about the steps the agency is taking to improve screening.
After a reasonably straightforward report, events grew yet more surreal in a studio discussion that featured no one of any relevance to the story except the chair of the debate, Paxman himself.
'Children in War' is really a fairly straightforward report".
A very straightforward report – I have no other comments.
Reviewer 1: This is a short straightforward report that uses mouse genetics, anatomical colocalization and physiology and pharmacology in brain slices to demonstrate that most forebrain cholinergic neurons are also GABAergic.
