Posted by: Christian | October 1, 2007

Al Jazeera “Embeds” With Americans

October 2, 2007.

Al Jazeera English hangs out with American soldiers and at least one contractor (PMC?) at the KOP in the Korengal Valley of Kunar (50K from the Pakistani border) before moving to Outpost Vegas. What’s the message of this report? I presume it’s much more subtle than their Arabic fare. Despite the subtlety the report is very dramatic; the screams of “Medic!” come about half-way in.

At the very least it humanizes the soldiers.

But yeah, I have to go to Al Jazeera, Canadian or British TV to get regular TV reports on Afghanistan. That’s sad. At the moment CNN is reporting the serious news: The Britney Spears child custody scandal. This reminds me of a certain photo:

        US Marines

Context for this photo is here.

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  1. [...] of which, Afghanistanica (purveyor of filth) makes a keen complaint: “I have to go to Al Jazeera, Canadian or British [...]

    By: A Second Hand Conjecture » News Brief, Half Day Closing Edition on October 2, 2007
    at 6:05 pm

  2. [...] most other issues in the country, reporting suffers from a fundamental lack of resources—it is just not sexy enough to warrant the same resources as covering, say, Britney Spears’ custody battle or repeating [...]

    By: The Conjecturer » Dateline Afghanistan: Covering the Forgotten War on October 14, 2007
    at 8:36 pm

  3. [...] Al Jazeera English has been generally objective in their coverage of Afghanistan. In fact, their report from Korengal last year was quite notable considering that they fairly portrayed American soldiers in a then [...]

    By: Tajik Taliban? « Ghosts of Alexander on August 4, 2008
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