Courage In Their Coverage

[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: David Ignatius davidignatius@washpost.com]
[Commentary] Ignatius is disgusted by recent revelations that the US government has been corrupting the nascent Iraqi free press by planting stories. The best of the Arab journalists are his heroes. They are risking imprisonment and death to tell the truth. At a time when U.S. media are having an identity crisis, they remind him what the news business is all about. He describes several of them, so readers will understand the energy they are bringing to the Arab debate. He concludes: "Here's a thought for an administration that claims to love freedom and democracy: Let's try living our values, rather than just talking about them."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/06/AR200512...
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