Dear Alan,
Brian McGrory forwarded your email to me.
We do not believe the editorial was in error. If you would like to write
a letter to the editor, please send it along to me and I'll forward it.
After Peter Canellos left the paper, I was assigned to be editor of the
editorial page.
Ellen
Ellen Clegg
Boston Globe
office: 617-929-3339
Response sent to Ellen Clegg September 27:
Dear Ms. Clegg:
Congratulations on your new position as editor of the editorial page and thank you for responding to my request for a correction.
I did receive a response, on September 24, from Matthew Bernstein, to my second request for a correction. As I pointed out to Mr. Bernstein, every definition I've seen for the term "seize" involves a taking of ownership from another, previous owner. Since the Israeli announcement that its investigation had shown the property in question was not privately owned, there was no "seizure" of land unless there is another, obviously obscure, definition of "seize" which has eluded me.
In other words, unless there is such an obscure definition of "seize," your editorial, as well as all three letters, contained the same factual error. If you are able to cite such a definition, I will withdraw my request for a correction; if not, I again request a correction.
Sincerely,
Alan Stein
Congratulations on your new position as editor of the editorial page and thank you for responding to my request for a correction.
I did receive a response, on September 24, from Matthew Bernstein, to my second request for a correction. As I pointed out to Mr. Bernstein, every definition I've seen for the term "seize" involves a taking of ownership from another, previous owner. Since the Israeli announcement that its investigation had shown the property in question was not privately owned, there was no "seizure" of land unless there is another, obviously obscure, definition of "seize" which has eluded me.
In other words, unless there is such an obscure definition of "seize," your editorial, as well as all three letters, contained the same factual error. If you are able to cite such a definition, I will withdraw my request for a correction; if not, I again request a correction.
Sincerely,
Alan Stein
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