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April 5, 2005

Canadian Scandal

Posted by Eric at 2:17 pm. Filed under: General

I’m too busy today to really follow this, but it’s too big not to at least post a link to Michelle’s roundup and Ed’s exposes on what’s going on in Canada.

Check ‘em out.


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Pulitzer Prize Given to Journalist Embedded Cozy with Terrorist

Posted by Eric at 7:56 am. Filed under: General

The Pulitzer prize has been awarded to 20 photos. There is lots of controversy around this photo in particular.

Executing Iraq election workers.

Jack Stokes, an AP spokesman, had this to say about getting tips from insurgents and then showing up to photograph the events.

Insurgents want their stories told as much as other people and some are willing to let Iraqi photographers take their pictures. It’s important to note, though, that the photographers are not “embedded” with the insurgents. They do not have to swear allegiance or otherwise join up philosophically with them just to take their pictures.

Riding Sun does some counting:

I looked at the twenty photographs and broke them into groups on the basis of content. Here are my results:

• U.S. troops injured, dead, or mourning: 3
(2, 3, 11)
• Iraqi civillians harmed by the war: 7
(4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 13, 18)
• Insurgents looking determined or deadly: 3
(6, 15, 20)
• US troops looking overwhelmed or uncertain: 3
(7, 12, 14)
• US troops controlling Iraqi prisoners: 2
(16, 17)
• Iraqis celebrating attacks on US forces: 2
(1, 19)

The Jawa Report:

5 of the 20 photos were taken by journalists who were working with terrorist forces. 11 of the 20 photos would likely cause anti-American inflamation. Only two show Americans in a positive light. Three more show the victims of terrorism.

Blogger Beer says:

This is a slap in the face to the soldiers killed in Iraq and a slap to those Iraqis murdered resisting the terrorists.

Rita has some toungue-in-cheek congrats for the winners.

Others blogging include: Flopping Aces, Michelle Malkin, Cranky Neocon, In the Bullpen and others.

UPDATE: How about this one Michelle? Or this?


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