MEMBER BLOG TAG: reporting on iraq
| Sunday, April 29, 2007 9:38AM | | | | Reporting from Iraq, Life in Terror | Tags: Iraq, Reporting on Iraq, Living in Terror, Emcke, Danner
| | | “When I’m distant from it, I understand it. When I’m there, I’m subjected to a blend of sensory experiences, and after a few days, I know nothing, and that’s where my work begins.”—Reporter Mark Danner.
What’s amazing about the current debate about our misadventure in Iraq is the surety with which politicians, pundits, and everyday people make pronouncements about it. After listening to American journalist Mark Danner and German journalist Carolin Emcke speak about their experiences reporting in Iraq, I realized how little any of us know because of how little it’s possible to know about today's Iraq. Danner compared the view the average reporter has of Iraq to looking at a vast history painting through a straw. ... | | | | | |
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