IHT: Dying to tell the story? More (Iraq journalists) than you know

[DeepModem Mom]

Dying to tell the story? More than you know
Eason Jordan, International Herald Tribune
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2006


....a disparity exists between what is widely reported and the true loss of life in Iraq, but the discrepancy centers around the number of reported journalist deaths in Iraq - the deadliest war ever for news organization employees.

Few people, even among journalists, know how many news organization staffers have paid the ultimate price in Iraq since the conflict began in 2003.

After the ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff and his cameraman were wounded in Iraq, dozens of news reports cited the Committee to Protect Journalists as saying 61 journalists have been killed in Iraq .

The CPJ count is the most widely cited number in reporting on journalist deaths in Iraq. But the CPJ tally of 61 is misunderstood and incomplete because it excludes dozens of journalists and news organization employees killed or who otherwise died on assignment in Iraq.

The actual death toll among news organization employees in Iraq is 101 - 66 percent higher than the CPJ's count - as correctly noted in a rarely reported tally by the International News Safety Institute....


http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/06/opinion/edjordan.php

[RufusEarl]

1. Everything about Iraq, is a lie!