I'm not suggesting we ignore what's going on in the square. I was just criticizing the press. The reporting has been rather myopic. Reporters have also injected themselves into this as players rather than bystanders. I think everyone reporting there needs to take a few steps back and present the whole story.
Shopper and SJ,
It's easy to criticize when you are not the ones being shot at; beaten up and threatened...how do you think you would know anything at all about what is happening if some brave people : journalists, camera people, and producers, drivers, fixers, translators, Internet gurus, young people texting, hackers, etc., did not have the courage to risk their lives to get the news out? Would I or you have that courage if the revolution were happening on 30A?
Sure the corporate heads are worried about ratings, and perhaps some of the anchors are; but, I doubt that Anderson Cooper ever gives it a thought. He has proved over and over and over again that he goes where the story is...and goes to great lengths to get the story out to the world.
A little appreciation and a little less criticism might be a good thing for all of us as we sit in our comfortable homes here in paradise...
I have wondered in the last few days, would I have that much courage?
Just as I sat in awe of the people in New Orleans (and the reporters) during Katrina, I am in awe of the Egyptian people and the reporters who are covering their story. I am quite sure I would not have lived through Katrina if I was trapped on my roof in that heat and humidity with people shooting guns and bodies floating by in the streets.
I am also quite sure that I would not have been able to report on it the way Anderson Cooper and Brian Williams and Joe Scarborough and Shepherd Smith and so many others did...
Why not give them a break and a little appreciation for doing a job that is so important.
