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I found it quite fluffy and sensationalist. Basic geopolitics and the recent history of Iraq meets basic unconventional warfare. Outstanding journalism for me w
by throwaway9324 11y ago
I found it quite fluffy and sensationalist. Basic geopolitics and the recent history of Iraq meets basic unconventional warfare. Outstanding journalism for me would be more like this:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleeast/us-casualties-of-iraq-chemical-weapons.html http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/10/14/world/middleea...
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/04/gaza200804 http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2008/04/gaza200804
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/16/state-of-deception http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12/16/state-of-decept...
Edit: Since I'm traveling I don't have my bookmarks available, but there are much better articles on the subject. This article takes a single event and extrapolates from it instead of, as you should, placing the event in a bigger context. It's dangerous because it makes the reader believe things that are just concluded by the reporter and not necessarily supported by facts.