http://www.bloggernews.net/16466 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:10:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.bloggernews.net/16466#comment-19717 Kate Poland Thu, 03 May 2007 08:24:28 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/16466#comment-19717 In the interests of good reporting, I think it would be helpful if Sidereal gave examples of Alan Johnston's "one-sided", "pro-Palestinian" depiction of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, rather than throw out random insults at his journalism. There is a place for criticising the coverage of conflicts, and individual reporters, but in this case you seem to be confusing bias with telling a story in a humane way and explaining the conditions people live in. This is what Alan Johnston does in his reporting. He's not apportioning blame. He just describes the results - mostly on a domestic level - of many years of conflict. The trouble with war is that ordinary people suffer - whatever side they are on. Alan Johnston reported on those ordinary people. He is a decent, honest man and what everyone should be doing rather than flinging insults - is campaigning for the release of a man just trying to tell a story with integrity. It doesn't matter whether you agree with what he says or how he says it. What matters is that a man has been kidnapped for being a journalist. Anyone interested in reporting and free speech should be taking action against that injustice not whining about who said what. In the interests of good reporting, I think it would be helpful if Sidereal gave examples of Alan Johnston’s “one-sided”, “pro-Palestinian” depiction of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, rather than throw out random insults at his journalism. There is a place for criticising the coverage of conflicts, and individual reporters, but in this case you seem to be confusing bias with telling a story in a humane way and explaining the conditions people live in. This is what Alan Johnston does in his reporting. He’s not apportioning blame. He just describes the results - mostly on a domestic level - of many years of conflict. The trouble with war is that ordinary people suffer - whatever side they are on. Alan Johnston reported on those ordinary people. He is a decent, honest man and what everyone should be doing rather than flinging insults - is campaigning for the release of a man just trying to tell a story with integrity. It doesn’t matter whether you agree with what he says or how he says it. What matters is that a man has been kidnapped for being a journalist. Anyone interested in reporting and free speech should be taking action against that injustice not whining about who said what.

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