AP hit job on Mandela

Nelson Mandela criticized the Iraq war in his recent  appearance before the British Parliament. But instead of spending any time telling us what he said, most of the article is instead provides a forum for Peter Hitchens' to attack Mandela, calling him "the humane face of an increasingly authoritarian government," someone with "an autocratic streak" who responds harshly to criticism. What the hell? Is the reporter including this attack because of Mandela's opposition to the Iraq War?

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/africa/05/10/mandela.iraq.ap/index.html