Terrific Reporting
While the major media types spend most of their time in the Green Zone or close by, Michael Yon is out in the field with the troops. If you haven't been reading his reports, take a look at this one, Part I of IV, describing the operations of several crack British units in southern Iraq.
Like Yon, Johannes (click "Blog" button along top) is another independent reporter out with the troops, and on his own nickel.
These guys are doing the job of providing context from the battlefield that the mainstream media hasn't done since the original assault on Baghdad. CBS et al. think they are doing their job when Katie or whoever somberly announces how many Americans were killed that week, and rolls up the new total. When the numbers take a jump, there is no explanation in terms of changes in the nature of the operations being carried out, and no estimate of enemy casualties. Just more American victims of Bush.
Like Yon, Johannes (click "Blog" button along top) is another independent reporter out with the troops, and on his own nickel.
These guys are doing the job of providing context from the battlefield that the mainstream media hasn't done since the original assault on Baghdad. CBS et al. think they are doing their job when Katie or whoever somberly announces how many Americans were killed that week, and rolls up the new total. When the numbers take a jump, there is no explanation in terms of changes in the nature of the operations being carried out, and no estimate of enemy casualties. Just more American victims of Bush.
posted by Byron | Tuesday, June 05, 2007
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