CommentaryPage.com, an opinion site run by one of my colleagues, posted an article written by me about the origin of the Washington Post’s shoddy Iraq coverage. The main culprit is Rajiv Chandrasekaran, a 31-year-old reporter who heads the Baghdad bureau. He’s twisted the facts from the beginning to suit his “America will fail” meta-narrative, and I saw it with my own eyes in Iraq. He’s looking to make his name on helping to break American will, and I wanted to open people’s eyes to that fact.
Michelle Malkin, mother, Catholic, columnist, author of books and all-around total badass, has already linked to it.
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Congrats, Eric. It’s good to get some prime time over the Internet.
Great article, Eric. This is the kind of thing that Americans need to know.
InstaPundit, even! Hot dog!!
I know! That’s the big-time.
Good stuff, Eric. That explains a lot of what we’ve seen (and why we haven’t seen certain things reported) in the last year.
Great work, Eric. May the Net see this article read far and wide! The fact that a high-profile pundit like Michelle Malkin has noticed it, suggests that the Post may feel the need to respond. If they do, I’ll be very interested to see how they defend themselves.
And now you’ve been noted by Chris Muir, in his 6/30 post of Day By Day.
http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/
Wow – great stuff. Eric you must be smiling bigtime.
Andrew Sullivan has now also linked to it, and quotes from it approvingly. Terrific piece, Eric. Congratulations, and thank you for your service to our country, both in Iraq and at the keyboard.
What passes for journalism from Iraq
St. Blog’s own Eric Johnson is getting lots of notice for this article about how the Washington Post’s news coverage from Iraq is faulty. He says they rely on stringers
Well done!
Congratulations, Eric.
Congratulations!
Thanks!