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May 11, 2004
Local news?
My break from blogging lasted around six hours, because I can't ignore the beheading death of Nick Berg -- a local story which has become a national one. The video showing Philadelphian Nick Berg being beheaded by al Qaida in Iraq can be seen at Kevin Aylward's website. (Link via Glenn Reynolds.) This is a sickening replay of what happened to Daniel Pearl, and I recommend everyone try to watch it, as a reminder of what we're facing. Because this involves a local man, I am sure that the Philadelphia Inquirer will run the story they uploaded to their website today. Interestingly enough, on Saturday (May 8, page B-1), the Inquirer ran this story, in which his family complained that Nick was still missing, but they'd not heard from him recently. For the most part, of course, the Inquirer has been featuring daily front page spreads of the sexual sadism at Abu Ghraib prison, including more today. It will be interesting to see whether this story of the beheading in cold blood of a local Philadelphian merits the front page tomorrow. And I am assuming that it will at least be in the paper If -- if -- they refuse to cover this one, well, even I -- despite all my cynicism -- would be genuinely shocked. It's one thing to be anti-war, but it would be quite another for a leading American newspaper to be on the other side..... Hope that does not happen. UPDATE: The Inky covered this one! GIANT HEADLINE on the front page of today's Inquirer: Story here. posted by Eric on 05.11.04 at 09:15 PM |
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