Jeremy Scahill gave a speech yesterday that is well worth listening to

[ThomWV]

Fortunately we have C-Span to record important events.

Jefery Scahill spoke yesterday to young journalists in Washington DC. You can skip to the 9:00 minute mark in the linked video if you want to avoid the somewhat tedious introductions. It is a very good speech that details many complaints of 'the professional left'.


http://www.c-span.org/Watch/Media/2010/08/13/HP/A/37005/Journalist+Jeremy+Scahill+Speech+on+the+Iraq+War+Blackwater+WikiLeaks.aspx

[mmonk]

1. Thanks.

[lebkuchen]

2. I listened to it.

He's an excellent speaker with some good tips re: who to read for further information.

[SpiralHawk]

3. Should be required viewing for every so-called corporate 'journalist'

Thank you for being a real journalist, Mr. Scahill.

[ThomWV]

4. Shameless self kick just because I thought others might like to see the video

There really are a lot of good points made in the speech that go well beyond advice to budding journalists.