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| US Marine Outs Washington Post’s Man in Bagdad |
| 2004-06-30 |
| EFL & via Instapundit Iraq veterans often say they are confused by American news coverage, because their experience differs so greatly from what journalists report. Soldiers and Marines point to the slow, steady progress in almost all areas of Iraqi life and wonder why they don’t get much notice – or in many cases, any notice at all. Why is that, Devil Dog? Part of the explanation is Rajiv Chandrasekaran, the Baghdad bureau chief for the Washington Post. He spent most of his career on the metro and technology beats, and has only four years of foreign reporting, two of which are in Iraq. The 31-year-old now runs a news operation that can literally change the world, heading a bureau that is the source for much of the news out of Iraq. OHMYGOD! They sent a dot-com-boy to do a man’s job. Bwawawawa. Candy asses. And, ...cutting to the chase: Since I saw Rajiv Chandrasekaran’s integrity up close, I haven’t believed a word he writes, or any story coming out of the bureau he runs. You shouldn’t, either. You are not alone! You will not be let down by the entire article. Coffee, check. Donuts, check. |
| Posted by:Dragon Fly |
| #3 I used the link at the previous article(newsweek)it ended-up going to the post.But it still holds true. "What the hell is this crap! Is this news reporting or an opinion piece? Has your reporter bothered to talk to the troops on the ground? Have you bothered to talk to a broad spectrum of Iraqi's? My reading of Iraqi,and Troopers blog sites paint a far different picture. Tell this hack you have working for you to stop reporting only what supports his personal opinion.This butt-head needs to put down the Scotch,get off his bar stool,and walk out the front door of the Palistine Hotel." |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-06-30 10:00:20 AM |
| #2 Michelle Malkin covered this, too - and headlined her entry "DON'T BELIEVE THE WASHINGTON POST". |
| Posted by: .com 2004-06-30 1:15:42 AM |
| #1 The only problem is - almost NOBODY (save those of us who spend way too much time both at home and at work haunting the blogosphere) will read this article, or the many similar articles, op-eds, etc. written by Iraq veterans trying to be heard over the 24/7 roar of the fifth-column major media. The only media outlets where I've seen any positive - or at least not uniformly negative - coverage of the war have been on the Web sites of small-town newspapers. Damn near any major-market paper or TV station? It's "All Abu Ghraib, All The Time". |
| Posted by: Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2004-06-30 12:57:44 AM |