McClatchy Reporters Answer Questions Online After Moyers' PBS Report on Press and Iraq

[BrklynLiberal]

McClatchy Reporters Answer Questions Online After Moyers' PBS Report on Press and Iraq

By E&P Staff

Published: April 25, 2007 10:45 PM ET

NEW YORK Among the few journalistic heroes in Bill Moyers' scathing "Buying the War" PBS special on the press and Iraq on Wednesday night were McClatchy -- formerly Knight Ridder -- reporters Warren Strobel and Jonathan Landay.

They have long been hailed (at E&P and elsewhere) for writing articles in 2002 and 2003 that were far more skeptical about the administration's case for war than most that appeared elsewhere. So it seemed fitting, if a bit unusual, for them to be enlisted to answer viewers' questions at pbs.org immediately after the program aired.

Viewers posted comments and waited for the two reporters to respond. Within a half hour there were more than 300 queries submitted.

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And: "Thank you for this report. I am a Marine recently returned from Iraq and I am dedicated to supporting and defending the Constitution against all enemies, both foreign and domestic. I can't tell you how happy it made me to see your report dedicated to spreading the truth. I will never stop fighting to save our Constitution and our country. It starts with finding the truth."

For many more comments, and the reporters' replies to some of them, go to www.pbs.org. The show itself, a transcript and a timeline of press stories and TV reporters are also there.


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[rocktivity]

1. Direct link

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/blog/2007/04/landay_and_strobel_chat_select.html

and this is where you can link to videos of Stewart and Buying The War.

You're welcome.

:headbang:
rocknation

[rocktivity]

2. An even better link to ALL the videos

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04272007/watch.html

:headbang:
rocknation

[BrklynLiberal]

4. Great link.

[hwmnbn]

3. These guys are now heroes....

for just doing their job! They kept their integrity, they had some balls, they got the story right.

These guys are heroes!

K&R

[dennis4868]

5. It is a sad day....

when reporters are called heroes for simply doing their job....how far have we fallen in the so-called liberal media :-(