tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443468633823165658.post406451771609215846..comments2007-02-14T10:02:54.482-08:00Eric Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365330785571984254noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443468633823165658.post-35602556442744761242007-01-12T12:22:00.000-08:002007-01-12T12:22:00.000-08:00That is definitely valid criticism.<br /><br />If you read my <a href="http://ericiniraq.blogspot.com/2007/01/my-journalism-standards.html">My Journalism Standards post</a>, one of the things I say is that, "I would describe myself as more of a commentator at heart, than a reporter".<br /><br />This means I will include myself in the story, and that I'm openly rooting for "my" team to win.(By win I mean the realization a stable long-term solution to the mess we've created.) Read Ernie Pyle's WWII dispatches for an example of the type of journalism I aspire to.<br /><br />That said, I would hope that I have enough detachment to step outside the story objectively at times also...Eric Bowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16365330785571984254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8443468633823165658.post-24402163763108671792007-01-12T12:03:00.000-08:002007-01-12T12:03:00.000-08:00eric says:<br />"Bravo company is going to be "my" unit while I'm in Iraq."<br /><br />one of the first things i heard about embedding back in 2003 was a criticism of journalists saying "we did this" or "our unit did that"<br /><br />the thought was that by making the journalists a part of the story they were covering, there was a potential for losing the necessary objective separation.<br /><br />i think some went as far as saying that embedding was a rumsfeldian scheme to shape the message coming out of iraq to be "us" and "we" and "my" and therefore make the viewer or listener more connected or invested. a little something to counteract the fact that no one wanted to go to war in the first place.<br /><br />it makes a little more sense for you, given that one of your goals is to make this into "our" war.<br /><br />signed, not paigepaige &amp; philhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05356821727851276753noreply@blogger.com