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WHEN THE SEARCH FOR 'BALANCE' GOES TOO FAR....

Gawker ran a copy of an email sent by CNN's Gary Hewing yesterday, looking for ideas about covering the "good side" of the BP oil spill disaster. In fact, the summary line of the CNN message specifically said, "The Good Side of the Oil Spill."

1) Summary: The Good Side of the Oil Spill

Name: Gary Hewing (CNN)
Category: Biotech and Healthcare

Media Outlet: CNN

Deadline: 04:00 PM EST - 2 June

Query:

Looking for pitches: The Good Side of the Oil Spill - if there is any.



Hmm, good side. Let me think ... ecological disaster, economic catastrophe, environmental nightmare, health problems, years of regional anguish ... I'm sure there's some good news hiding in there somewhere.

I realize the need to air "both sides" of a story is gospel at many media outlets, but can we agree that sometimes, disasters are just disasters?