[lbo-talk] Re:control room - al-jazeera film

[frank scott]

also found it embarrassing, re american press corps being even dumber
than i thought...but was surprised that the cnn guy - forgot his name -
came off as thoughtful, even mildly critical, and at least one american
reporter- female - was aghast at the particular stupidity of not
revealing the names of alleged iraqi menaces on the famous deck of
cards...as for this (doug):

"And what was with the AJ guy who said he'd accept a job offer from
Fox?"

i thought he was being funny, double edged..sort of, if they were
together enough to hire me, i'd go, but it's hardly likely... but he had
expressed admiration for america, wanting his kids to go to school
here...and why not? this is the center of the empire, with the best of
everything, etc.

and most of the al-jazeera folks on camera were not only excellent
english speakers, but extremely european in their world view, with an
arab tip, it seemed...90 minutes of an arab perspective, and
israel-palestine only mentioned twice, maybe three times, and with no
probing beyond brief mention...hmmm?

but a great job, and a film which should be seen, even by people who
think they know what shit we are handed by our media...

fs