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March 09, 2005
"The enemies of the Americans have nothing to fear."
Via Michael McNeil of Impearls (a genuine scholar whose blog should be read by everyone who likes Classical Values), I see that the Dutch blog Zacht Ei (an excellent blog I've linked before) offers a fascinating insight into the inner machinations of Giuliana Sgrena's school of journalism: Mr. Harald Doornbos is a veteran war reporter. He is no archetypical hawk nor a staunch supporter of the United States. In fact, he used to be a reporter for the communist newspaper 'De Waarheid' (The Truth, or Pravda, if you like) before it went bust. (This doesn't necessarily mean he was ever a communist, by the way. De Waarheid used to be a huge employer.)At the very least, I'd call that attitude so irresponsible as to make me skeptical of anything the person says. Doornbos's account reveals incredible naivite. He says he tried tell them they were "out of their mind," but "they knew better": When we arrived at Baghdad Airport, I was waiting for a jeep from the American army to come pick me up. I saw one of the Italian women walking around crying. An Iraqi had stolen her computer and television equipment. They were standing outside shivering, waiting for a cab to take them to Baghdad.I assume MP means Member of Parliament (perhaps Moore's Patriots), and not Military Police. But give up journalism? Not while there's still a war going on, and she's on the other side. posted by Eric on 03.09.05 at 11:15 AM
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Not if Oriana Fallaci got to her first. Sean Kinsell · March 9, 2005 10:16 PM Fallaci would probably kill them both. Raging Bee · March 14, 2005 04:25 PM |
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