Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Contradictions, Omissions and Irony

Considering that the primary activity of their being in Libya was providing material to be used in cheerleading for the other side!.................

There was a story I caught on the radio this morning on the way to work where the New York Times talks about some of their field reporters gone missing in Libya.

What I clearly heard spoken was that the Times editorial management was asking the Libyan authorities to help locate the men. The on air report also clearly said that the Times "Hoped that the men were in the hands of the Libyan authorities."

After work I wanted to dig into this a little and here is what I found:

al Reuters

"We have talked with officials of the Libyan government in Tripoli, and they tell us they are attempting to ascertain the whereabouts of our journalists," Bill Keller, the executive editor of The New York Times, said in a statement.

On the story from ...

The Times

Who printed ... “We have talked with officials of the Libyan government in Tripoli, and they tell us they are attempting to ascertain the whereabouts of our journalists,” said Bill Keller, executive editor of The Times. “We are grateful to the Libyan government for their assurance that if our journalists were captured they would be released promptly and unharmed.”


Sometimes it's more important to know what was left out of a report ....

Now if I were one of those journos in Libya .... I'm pretty sure none of these statements would be very reassuring. For all intents and based on the track record of Libya and it's authorities they just might be better off NOT in the hands of those people.


As things stand ... I'm still stuck on the "Were hoping they're in the hands of the authorities..." thing ... considering the primary activity of their being in Libya!

OMMAG

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