I picked up a link to Currency Lad from Kev. The post is a celebration of Arthur’s rise to fame through the posting of good news from both Afghanistan and Iraq, something seldom seen in MSM.
The trouble is that news agencies and many, if not most, of their operatives choose not to bring balance and breadth to their coverage of affairs. Their sense of journalistic responsibility has been subsumed within a political or, at least, narcissistic desire to provide daily Gotcha Moments for an audience presumed to be on the verge of democratic outrage. Call it the Woodward and Bernstein Syndrome.
If you aren’t following Arthur’s writing, you should be. And the Currency Lad looks like he has a handle on things as well.
While you’re at it, check out this week’s “Best of Homespun Bloggers,” which include Arthur, here.
Arthur Chrenkof is a daily read for me.
Comment by Pat in NC — October 19, 2004 @ 7:17 am
I printed out all 21 pages yesterday from the Wall Street Journal and told every one I could to read it.
Comment by Michael Hess — October 19, 2004 @ 8:51 am