Posted by
INTHENOW on Tuesday, May 13, 2008 9:50:37 AM
You probably know by now that there’s an excellent source of embedded reporting in Iraq called the “Long War Journal”. I just spent the last hour-and-a-half reading articles by Bill Ardolino, one of the contributors. I don’t know how much money these guys make, but whatever it is (like our troops) it ain't enough.
This is probably the most credible source of information I’ve seen coming directly from Iraq, yet these guys are begging for money.
If the CPB can distribute tax dollars to NPR and PBS (Bill Moyer ring a bell), then why can’t they provide grants to help the guys risking their lives, to get near real-time information out of Iraq? Or maybe they’re already “reporting” another version of the story.
I proudly redistributed some of my public tax-funded military retirement pay to support this effort.