Wednesday, September 17, 2003

Journalism in pre-war Iraq

"This war could have been justified any time on the basis of human rights, alone." Maybe this wouldn't be a sufficient justification for President Bush (or for me, if I'm 100% honest), but I cannot imagine that Tony Blair, Ann Clwyd and others from Britain's Labour Party will not seize on this piece.

I found this link through National Review Online. This article is so revealing - particularly about journalism and how it operates under the gaze of administrations like Saddam's.

The writer is John Burns, Baghdad correspondent for the NY Times.