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...plans to begin a 24-hour broadcast service, dedicated to reporting the Iraq news it deems important. The broadcast will be live and unfiltered--unfiltered, at least, by meddlesome journalists. Dorrance Smith, a CPA media adviser and a former ABC News producer, told the Observer that the network's model was the wartime broadcasts from Centcom headquarters, which frustrated journalists with their lack of specifics but convinced audiences that we were blowing up a lot of stuff real good. The hope is that local TV stations will use the feed, allowing the government to take its reportage straight...
Some pundits say the politicization of American news--opinion becoming more visible than headlines, politicos starting news outfits--means we are moving toward a "European" model of media, in which newspapers and news programs are openly left-or right-wing. You watch the Glass Half Full Channel, I watch the Glass Half Empty Channel and everyone's happy. But we're not Europeans: we can't simply light up a Gauloise, unfold a copy of our partisan newspaper and jadedly admit that bias is inevitable--c'est la guerre! Boy-Scoutishly, we feel this is wrong, cynical, corruptly Old World...
...compared the 7-mile units with a 5-mile model from Motorola, the market leader in two-way radios. Motorola doesn't sell a 7-mile radio, but its compact T5950 ($130) got reception that was as good as the Cobra's and beat the others--and the T5950's smaller size made it easier to tote. For a compact model, the T5950 was our top choice, but the slightly larger Cobra's overall design, clearer sound and cool extras, like a built-in digital compass and stopwatch, made it our favorite...
...Tikrit and send home the inside dope. It is a weakness in the war against terrorism. In Intelligence in War: Knowledge of the Enemy from Napoleon to al-Qaeda (Alfred A. Knopf; 387 pages), the military historian John Keegan half playfully suggests that Western spy shops might study the model of Kipling's culturally ambidextrous...
...recognize there may be a need for a specialized peacekeeping force. "We're clearly moving in that direction," said retired Lieut. General Dan Christman, a former superintendent of West Point. "There's a desire to serve in the generation now maturing--and they might well be attracted to the model that you describe. But it would have to be done within the culture and traditions of the military...