I have to add my voice of agreement to Jason Kottke's applause for al-Jazeera. We may not like how they report stories. But heck, I don't like how Fox News reports stories, either. The Arab network represents one of the first independent news sources in the Arab world. Such news agencies are a critical component of modern democray. Of course they report from an Arab perspective, with a slant towards empathy for the suffering of Iraq's civilians. Our news agencies slant towards reporting the humanitarian side of our soldiers and their families in just the same way. You don't have to read them -- but respect the effort they're making, all the same.
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