European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 09, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sorry Foror twisting the facts by Kevin Cowherd the Baltimore Sun i correction in a recent column it was re ported that a " twister was sighted in the Kitchen of a Baltimore Home. The word should have read  we apologize for any inconvenience this error May have caused. The column also made reference to a neighbor Floyd a. Long Meir who had reportedly observed the twister from his Back porch. The Man s name should have read Floyd r. Long Kettle. Or. Long Kettle now insists that he clearly stated to this reporter that he had seen a toaster possibly a four slice general electric. We apologize for any confusion. In the same column it was reported that or. Long Kettle immediately ran inside and dialled 911 upon seeing the  this was incorrect. He dialled 411, requesting the number for Wendell s jewellers where he was scheduled to drop off a watch for repairs. Further or. Long Kettle is not the owner of Floyd s Auto Glass As previously reported but a co owner of Bob and Floyd s roofing and siding "25 years of experience major credit cards cheerfully accepted we regret the error. Unfortunately the Man on the Back porch with or. Long Kettle was also incorrectly identified. While the original column referred to the Man As possibly a neighbourhood wino it was in fact or. Long Kettle s brother in Law Ernest o. Mellone. We apologize for the  to deadline pressure it was reported in the original column that when police arrived at the Balti More Home the Street was teeming with terrified neighbors pointing at the twister and screaming run for your lives police now say the Street was relatively quiet Al though a few neighbors had gathered in the Kitchen and one was heard remarking Betty Jean is that a no toaster we apologize for any embarrassment this May have  addition a full scale evacuation of the neigh boyhood and deployment of National guard and red Cross units did nor take place As originally re ported. Authorities now say the Only activity occurred when the neighbors in the Kitchen argued Over whether the Beeper signalling the end of the toasting Cycle was set too Low. The argument apparently ended when one neigh Bor Edna Codgill said who gives a rat s behind anyway we regret any erroneous impression this May have caused. Because of a computer problem the occupants of the Baltimore Home in question were incorrectly identified. The owner of the Home Betty Jean Kowinski is not the owner of Betty Jean s show bar the Best girls in Tow which recently lost its liquor i Cense on charges of promoting lewd entertainment. Rather mrs. Kowinski is employed As a cafeteria worker at Fairview Middle school. We regret the error. Mrs. Kowinski s husband was also misidentified. His name is Arnold e. Kowinski not Chester l. Kowinski As listed in the original column. In addition or. Kowinski is not the owner of an adult video store. Rather he owns a piano and Organ repair shop and is past president of the knights of Columbus. We regret any embarrassment this May have caused. Poi Iciano turned commentators Pat Buchanan and de Koch provide punch from the right. With so much Media on the right who s left by Janet Kersten special to the Stamford advocate intrigued by All the right Wing Hoo Haw about the Liberal Media i began to won Der who these devilishly elusive people Are who have such tight control Over everything1 read listen to and View who influence my life without my even being aware of it As a life Long news Junkie absorbed in All things political i grew More and More curious about this insidious influence that we Are warned is More dangerous and pervasive than Kudzu or killer bees. So i decided to conduct a Survey unscientific to be sure but probably no More so than those done by pollsters who slant their questions to Eli Cit the responses desired. For two months i noted in All the Media that crossed my path every commentator s and of cd writer s name identification and Point of View. I subscribe to three daily National newspapers new York times Wail Street journal Usa today and 10 magazines i buy other periodicals and i listen to local and network to and radio. Additionally since i travel in my work i noted names and viewpoints of syndicated columnists published in various local newspapers. To avoid skewing re sults i did not include avowedly ideological publications like the National review right or the nation left. I am now prepared to name names. Of the 75 pundits encountered care to guess How Many were Liberal would you believe four that s right count pm four. Hardly enough to frighten women and children and undermine government policy. There were others 13 whom i would de scribe As moderate not knee Jerk in either direction left or right but willing to criticize actions or policies be they democratic or Republican. In the old pre politically Correct Days we used to Call such people objective. That left me with 58 writers and commentators whose views were consistently and unabashedly right of Center frequently knee Jerk. What amazed me is How prolific they Are. Not a Day goes by that they Aren t hammering their agendas on the  tube or As syndicated columnists across the United states. Lest you think i have made this up i have in my hand a list herewith Are the names i encountered in the Media in my two month project. Conservatives right wingers Roger Ailes Fred Barnes Michael Barone Pat Buchanan Christopher Buckley William Buckley Jack Chambers Stephen Chapman Mona Charen Linda Chavez Midge Dector Jay Diamond Rowland Evans Bruce fein John f. Fund Frank j. Gaffney jr., Paul Gigot Bob Grant Paul Greenberg Brit Hume James  Patrick Jeffrey King Joe Klein Howard Klein berged Koch Morton Kondracke Hilton Kra Mer Charles Krauthammer William Kristol Irving Kristol a Gordon Liddy Rush Limbaugh Mary Matalyn John Mclaughlin Lynn Martin William Murchison Robert Novak Norman Ornstein Norman Podhoretz Dorothy Rabino Witz Michael Reagan Sheldon Richman . Rosenthal William satire Robert j. Samuelson William Schneider Harry Schwartz Curtis Sliwa Tony Snow Joseph Sobran Herbert Stein John Sununu Cal Thomas Emmett Tyrell Ben Wattenburg George f. Will Lally Weymouth Pete Williams. Moderates centrists Sam Donaldson Elizabeth Drew Jack Ger Rhonda Ellen Goodman Jeff Greenfield Albert r. Hunt Michael Kinsley Mary Mcgrory Cokie Roberts Andy Rooney Daniel Schorr Mark Shields Nina Totenberg. Liberals Anthony Lewis Clarence Page Anna Quinn Len Carl Rowan. Liberal Bias who s kidding whom Here s an other myth dreamed up by the scare artists of the right. Unfortunately it has been charged and repeated so often like a mantra that people who do not do a head count believe it which is sex. Aptly the meretricious impression the right Wing Clamour is intended to cause. We re talking individuals Here but then there s the ownership of our Media such bastions of Liberal thought As general electric Abc capital cities Abathe Tisch corp. Listed Turner Canto say nothing of time Warner and other Multi Media conglomerates. Liberal Media indeed. Janet Kerstan is a business travel writer based in new , Page 20 sunday january 9,1994