Straightforward piece of work suggests someone who knows what he's doing, doesn't mess around, keeps his head and lets it tell itself. Could stand as a great tutorial for Journalism 101, or Advanced War Reporting, the graduate seminar. You still have to be a reporter, and do the basic job. I don't want to think about how you get that good at that and what you walk away with. It's too early in the morning.
Much more at Forward Movement.
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Vito, I don't think you do agree with bourbon after all. He seems to be saying "yes indeed, Filkins and a couple others are the exception that proves the rule" about journalists. I think you took him to mean "yeah, take THAT, you media-bashers!"
If I'm wrong on either count then please, either of you, correct me.