May 13, 2005

World

The World Stood on its Head

I didn't even know they had the New York Times on Bizarro World:

As the old newsroom saying goes, "If it bleeds, it leads." And while it is understandable that newspapers like to report stories about violence, crime, conflict and mayhem, it means that good news is often relegated to the back pages, if reported at all. This happens the world over, be it in Boston, Berlin — or Baghdad. People who live in Boston or Berlin know, of course, that the bad news is never the whole story. Baghdad, on the other hand, is far away, and Westerners have no choice but to rely on reporters to tell us everything that is happening there. And while there's no denying that there is much bad news — the recent spate of audacious attacks by the insurgents is a prime example — the international press has been so focused on the setbacks that few readers are likely know about [sic] the daily parade of small triumphs that mark slow but steady progress. Consider a month's worth of such stories.
The byline?
Arthur Chrenkoff, Helene Silverman, Norman Hathaway.
What happened to the New York Times we all knew and loathed?

(via Tim Blair)

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:51 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment | Trackbacks (Suck)

1 Yeah, but when you actually look at the piece... there's pictures of Abu Ghraib and gory headlines in the background! You know, just didn't want the reader to forget (even for a moemnt) that while there may be small steps of progress, Iraq is still basically a Vietnam-like quagmire hellhole of death and misery and dreck.

Posted by: TallDave at May 15, 2005 12:25 PM (H8Wgl)

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