{"id":980,"date":"2006-06-07T09:31:03","date_gmt":"2006-06-07T14:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/civil-warland-in-bad-decline\/"},"modified":"2006-06-07T09:31:03","modified_gmt":"2006-06-07T14:31:03","slug":"civil-warland-in-bad-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/civil-warland-in-bad-decline","title":{"rendered":"Civil Warland in Bad Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Official VM buddy Mitch Prothero recently filed a story on the underreported civil war in Gaza<\/a>, explaining some aspects of journalism in the process:<\/p>\n

Palestinians are the easiest people in the world to cover as a journalist. They respect the work, know journalists take risks to tell their story, and, frankly, know that stories of their suffering under Israeli oppression are good P.R. But it’s not just cynical and calculating; they’re Arabs and that stuff about Arabs’ respect for guests is very real and sincere.<\/p>\n

Having said that, a lot of the goodwill toward the foreign journo dries up when it’s Arabs fighting each other. Suddenly, you’re not documenting a noble struggle against occupation, you’re just some foreigner. And if you’re in a hospital full of pissed-off Military Intelligence officials tending to their wounded, it’s a disaster. As I tried to take pictures, I was suddenly surrounded by a mob of armed men grabbing at my cameras. Luckily, the son of a wounded official jumped into the fray and dragged me to a side room. Once he checked my digital images, he informed the angry crowd I had done nothing wrong and I was free to take pictures outside the hospital.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I like the mention that Hamas would be all for peace if Israel would just return to its 1967 borders. It’s always funny how no one asks Jordan how they<\/em> feel about going back to those borders. . .<\/p>\n

And Mitch also had an article about how the Hariri assassination in Beirut may’ve also been tied to a bank scandal<\/a> (still implicating the Syrian government).<\/p>\n

In the name of all this investigative and life-risking journalism, I’ll cut him some slack for not being able to make it to our wedding. . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Official VM buddy Mitch Prothero recently filed a story on the underreported civil war in Gaza, explaining some aspects of journalism in the process: Palestinians are the easiest people in the world to cover as a journalist. They respect the work, know journalists take risks to tell their story, and, frankly, know that stories of … <\/p>\n

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