re: #157 ggt

What’s insane is that they are there without any regard to their own security. It’s their choice, but then it becomes everyone’s problem.

It’s not good with the reporters become news themselves.

Greetings from 35,000 feet over Virginia. (I love wi-fi on planes.)

The whole war correspondent thing is tricky. They take huge risks, but without them we are stuck with the reports of interested parties to tell us what is happening. The best are awesome: Richard Engel from NBC has been amazing these past months.

On balance, if they are willing to take the risk, it’s better for all of us that they do it. Otherwise, we are at the mercy of government flacks to tell us what is happening. (Remember the Iraqi Info Minister?)

PS: The pencil thing is way cool.