Comments on: Working for Reuters as an Iraqi in Baghdad http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/ Our editors & readers talk Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:36:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Deadly news - Reuters Blogs http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-87092 Deadly news - Reuters Blogs Tue, 02 Jan 2007 16:08:00 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-87092 [...] Paul Holmes has written about conditions for our bureau in ‘Working for Reuters as an Iraqi in Baghdad and in answers to readers’ questions. We at Reuters were fortunate not to have casualties this year, but it is clear from the statistics that the chaotic conditions in Iraq have made it one of the deadliest conflicts for journalists ever. [...] […] Paul Holmes has written about conditions for our bureau in ‘Working for Reuters as an Iraqi in Baghdad and in answers to readers’ questions. We at Reuters were fortunate not to have casualties this year, but it is clear from the statistics that the chaotic conditions in Iraq have made it one of the deadliest conflicts for journalists ever. […]

]]> By: Paul Holmes http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-79724 Paul Holmes Sat, 16 Dec 2006 03:13:07 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-79724 To BOBO - I can assure you that our journalists are motivated by nothing other than a desire to report what is happening in Iraq as accurately and dispassionately as possible. That quest has already cost four of them their lives. Our journalists also use hard evidence and reputable sources to back up their reporting. I recommend that you read the report of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan body made up of some of the most noted experts in diplomacy, military affairs, economics and juistice from both sides of the American mainstream political spectrum. It is available for $10.95 in bookstores and online. Its findings certainly do not support your sweeping and unattributed assertion that 80% of Iraq is "somewhat peaceful". Here is what the report says about security in Iraq(page 6): "Four of Iraq's eighteen provinces are highly insecure -- Baghdad, Anbar, Diyala and Salah ad Din. These provinces account for about 40 percent of Iraq's population of 26 million ... The most stable parts of the country are the three provinces of the Kurdish north and parts of the Shia south. However, most of Iraq's cities have a sectarian mix and are plagued by persistent violence." Best wishes. To BOBO - I can assure you that our journalists are motivated by nothing other than a desire to report what is happening in Iraq as accurately and dispassionately as possible. That quest has already cost four of them their lives. Our journalists also use hard evidence and reputable sources to back up their reporting. I recommend that you read the report of the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan body made up of some of the most noted experts in diplomacy, military affairs, economics and juistice from both sides of the American mainstream political spectrum. It is available for $10.95 in bookstores and online. Its findings certainly do not support your sweeping and unattributed assertion that 80% of Iraq is “somewhat peaceful”. Here is what the report says about security in Iraq(page 6):

“Four of Iraq’s eighteen provinces are highly insecure — Baghdad, Anbar, Diyala and Salah ad Din. These provinces account for about 40 percent of Iraq’s population of 26 million … The most stable parts of the country are the three provinces of the Kurdish north and parts of the Shia south. However, most of Iraq’s cities have a sectarian mix and are plagued by persistent violence.”

Best wishes.

]]> By: BOBO http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-79301 BOBO Fri, 15 Dec 2006 04:45:47 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-79301 I want to know why you are all terrorists sympathizers? By the way NO WAR is popular and why don't you report the good things happening, like the 5000 schools and the hospitals that are now open or that 80% of Iraq is somewhat peaceful. I know why it doesn't fit you anti-american agenda. I hope you all get what you deserve. I want to know why you are all terrorists sympathizers? By the way NO WAR is popular and why don’t you report the good things happening, like the 5000 schools and the hospitals that are now open or that 80% of Iraq is somewhat peaceful. I know why it doesn’t fit you anti-american agenda. I hope you all get what you deserve.

]]> By: Alvaro Alarcon http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-62044 Alvaro Alarcon Thu, 02 Nov 2006 17:07:22 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-62044 How do you know Reuters is free from biases coming from centuries-old cultural trends from all around the world? Is it possible to run a news organization free of biases from millenia-old cultural-religious traditions and political trends? Or would those biases quickly become evident when a hookah is shared in a Reuters Baghdad newsroom? Is it common humanity that binds the media in its quest for knowledge on the days events? By the way, I work as a reporter in the northeastern United States. How do you know Reuters is free from biases coming from centuries-old cultural trends from all around the world? Is it possible to run a news organization free of biases from millenia-old cultural-religious traditions and political trends?

Or would those biases quickly become evident when a hookah is shared in a Reuters Baghdad newsroom?
Is it common humanity that binds the media in its quest for knowledge on the days events?

By the way, I work as a reporter in the northeastern United States.

]]> By: Roy Hastings http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61951 Roy Hastings Thu, 02 Nov 2006 04:30:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61951 Here again - "US 'Fails' to protect illegal workers". What country in the world fails to protect illegal immigrants? ALL! BAD - BAD U.S.! Illegal immigrants are felons. How would you like us to protect felons? Perhaps arresting them would be the first start. Great reporting. No bias here! Here again - “US ‘Fails’ to protect illegal workers”. What country in the world fails to protect illegal immigrants? ALL! BAD - BAD U.S.! Illegal immigrants are felons. How would you like us to protect felons? Perhaps arresting them would be the first start.
Great reporting. No bias here!

]]> By: Paul Holmes http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61884 Paul Holmes Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:36:07 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61884 It is now 11.30 p.m. Baghdad time, 3.30 p.m. Eastern. Everyone here in the Reuters Baghdad newsroom has been fascinated by the questions you've all asked. I'll reply on Thursday. The post should go up by 11 p.m. Baghdad time, 3 p.m. Eastern. It is now 11.30 p.m. Baghdad time, 3.30 p.m. Eastern. Everyone here in the Reuters Baghdad newsroom has been fascinated by the questions you’ve all asked. I’ll reply on Thursday. The post should go up by 11 p.m. Baghdad time, 3 p.m. Eastern.

]]> By: Jim Patterson http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61809 Jim Patterson Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:46:19 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61809 Really! You're kidding right? I thought you folks got all you're news from the terrorists. Like the picture of an American GI getting shot. Don't all the major media work together to discredit our soldiers and the war. I'm sorry if I have the wrong impresssion but i don't think I do. Maybe we should check with Mr Kerry the traitor to get the real truth about the war. Really! You’re kidding right? I thought you folks got all you’re news from the terrorists. Like the picture of an American GI getting shot. Don’t all the major media work together to discredit our soldiers and the war. I’m sorry if I have the wrong impresssion but i don’t think I do. Maybe we should check with Mr Kerry the traitor to get the real truth about the war.

]]> By: Stephen http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61743 Stephen Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:14:37 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61743 Can you explain why people are allowed to carry assault rifles in public in Iraq? What do you think would happen if I was carrying an AK-47 in Times Square? The first thing that needs to be done is to confiscate these weapons. I don't see people in Istanbul, carrying RPG's and AK's Can you explain why people are allowed to carry assault rifles in public in Iraq?

What do you think would happen if I was carrying an AK-47 in Times Square?

The first thing that needs to be done is to confiscate these weapons.

I don’t see people in Istanbul, carrying RPG’s and AK’s

]]> By: Brian Dear http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61741 Brian Dear Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:58:38 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61741 I am very appreciative of your team's work in Iraq. Living in Seoul, Korea, just minutes from possible war at any given moment, I've discovered, that it's the journalists that keep the world safe. The free flow of accurate information is essential, not only to promoting and preserving democracy, but to preserving a delicate peace. I hope that the Reuters Iraq team knows when to keep their heads down and stays safe while on the battlefield. I am very appreciative of your team’s work in Iraq. Living in Seoul, Korea, just minutes from possible war at any given moment, I’ve discovered, that it’s the journalists that keep the world safe. The free flow of accurate information is essential, not only to promoting and preserving democracy, but to preserving a delicate peace. I hope that the Reuters Iraq team knows when to keep their heads down and stays safe while on the battlefield.

]]> By: Jed http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61699 Jed Wed, 01 Nov 2006 05:07:06 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-editors/2006/10/30/working-for-reuters-as-an-iraqi-in-baghdad/#comment-61699 We sometimes hear about these spectacular, harrowing corkscrew landings undertaken by aircraft landing in Baghdad. But we never see video of these landings, even though it sounds like they would make for great footage. Why? Is video of aircraft something that is prohibited under censorship rules? We sometimes hear about these spectacular, harrowing corkscrew landings undertaken by aircraft landing in Baghdad. But we never see video of these landings, even though it sounds like they would make for great footage. Why? Is video of aircraft something that is prohibited under censorship rules?

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