Monday 9 November 2009

Jobs at Telegraph

Send your comments on Clive's blog posts to clivecomments@aol.com

Getting the story

Wednesday, 26th November 2008

A long but rewarding article by Seth Mnookin on the NY Times' news-gathering operation in Iraq. As outside interest in the country declines, the few remaining western reporters help keep the locals informed about what their government is really up to:

For whatever reason, today there are only a few dozen Western reporters in Iraq, which is not many more than were there during Saddam Hussein’s last days in power, when staying in the country meant risking detention, or worse... I stopped to talk with three middle-class Shiite men in their mid-20s. They told me that if the Western media left they’d have no way of knowing what was really happening in their country. “Even if you are arrogant, your press still reveals the truth,” one of them told me. “The proof of that is your media revealed the scandals of the American military in Abu Ghraib and Basra and Haditha. The Iraqi media cover up the truth. They are working for the government. The Western press are working for themselves.”

Blogs: Martin Bright | Alex Massie | Melanie Phillips | Coffee House | Faith Based

Actions: Print this article  |  Email to a friend  |  Permalink  

Post this entry to:   del.icio.us | Digg | Newsvine | NowPublic | Reddit

About Clive Davis

Search this blog

Clive Davis blog archive

sponsored links

Spectator recommends

Spectator classifieds

      GASCONY

GASCONY, SW France, near Condom-en-Armagnac 13th Century stone house, 21st Century luxury for 12 in 5 en-suites. 50 acres +

BIG SAND STEEL BAND

IF YOU ARE PLANNING A CHAMPAGNE RECEPTION and looking for some light entertainment, you can now hire London's busiest steel

BOSC LEBAT, Tarn et Garonne.

BOSC LEBAT, SW France. Only 45 minutes from Toulouse Airport with daily flights from most provincial airports avoiding the horrors