[Dean's World] Dean: Alan Rusbridger: Ignorant or Dishonest?

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Posted by Dean:
Alan Rusbridger: Ignorant or Dishonest?
http://www.deanesmay.com/posts/1143218184.shtml


   Ah, here we have a picture perfect example of why the mainstream press
   is so despised: [1]Alan Rusbridger of The Guardian.

   The biggest laugh was this bit:

   In an age where some parts of the world remain no-go areas to ordinary
   people, like Baghdad, it's newspapers which are sending reporters like
   Jonathon Steel, 67, who said "he wanted to go. What happens if all the
   journalists pull out? There's a duty to go. There aren't any bloggers
   volunteering to go."

   This statement is so utterly ridiculous it's impossible to know where
   to begin. As a blogger, I get 90% of my information on Iraq from:

   A) English-speaking Iraqi bloggers living in Iraq B) My dad, who's
   serving over there, who I write about when I can to relay to my
   readers. C) Military bloggers who are either serving there now or who
   have served there, some of whom are friends or at least friendly
   acquaintances, many of whom have reported firsthand of their
   experiences. D) Extraordinary volunteer bloggers like Michael Totten,
   Michael Yon, Steven Vincent, and other civilian bloggers who've gone
   over there strictly on their own dime. E) Arab press, some of it Iraqi
   and some of it from surrounding Arab nations. F) Government documents,
   which I no longer need the press to report to me since I can get them
   myself just fine, thanks.

   Where I get almost none of it: cheap anti-American british tabloids
   like The Guardian, or, the American press itself, most of which
   probably thinks of The Guardian as the height of responsible war
   reporting --which is why I and so many others hold them in such deep
   contempt.

   The question is, is Rusbridger a deeply ignorant man, or simply a
   liar? Let's give him the benefit of the doubt, and assume "deeply
   ignorant." It says everything we need to know about why his industry
   is in free fall, doesn't it?

References

   1. http://www.classicalvalues.com/archives/003462.html