--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2001-03-13T02:21:00' draft: false title: Surprise rebuke --- The fine community at [Metafilter](http://www.metafilter.com) have [jumped all over me](http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/6351) when I pointed out the CNN Mir story. This caught me by surprise, so I tried to justify my position further.