Issue 1108 – July 8, 2010

Everyone who knows me will tell you I would marry Rolling Stone if I could.  😉 Ah, yes, The Now World-Famous Feature, which finally came in the mail yesterday.  As usual, “On The Media” did a great job explaining why McCrystal’s aides felt so free. And as usual, “Democracy Now!” did a great job of  illuminating the larger political context.  I’m still confused as to the outbursts by David Brooks and Lara Logan, since, like my hero Matt Taibbi, I was taught in journalism school that you don’t worry about the reaction to/results of the story. (Gordon Parks understood this best: I remember reading that he told the Black Panthers and others he covered to not say or do anything in front of him that they didn’t want in Life magazine.) Clearly Brooks and Logan are too close to power to remember that. Logan, the reporter of the two, should know better.

AUGUST 10th UPDATE: I’m sure Hastings is not surprised by this. And I wasn’t surprised by this.