Tuesday, August 8, 2006
J. Peter Pham & Michael I. Krauss writing at TCSDaily with a revealing passage:
Time magazine stringer Christopher Allbritton, writing on his blog while reporting from southern Lebanon, casually illustrated this latter technique: "To the south, along the curve of the coast, Hezbollah is launching Katyushas, but I'm loathe to say too much about them. The Party of God has a copy of every journalist's passport, and they've already hassled a number of us and threatened one."
You can never trust the news from a Fear society (not that you can trust it from a free one, either, but the checks and balances tend to work a bit better).
Via LGF, with more here: Engel: "We Will Kill You if You Film These Rockets"
My nominee: Robert Fisk,
"The Party of God has a copy of every journalist's passport, and they've already hassled a number of us and threatened one..."
Dear Shiek Nasrallah,
When you start targeting infidel reporters, please start with Robert Fisk.