Media Misconceptions of Ramadi Continue - Media Analysis !

"Todd Pittman has been reporting from Ramadi for the AP over the last month or two. I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that the falsities he’s been writing lately are based more on misunderstanding than malice.

I can accept that Todd’s misconceptions are directly due to his embedded status in Ramadi. I can also accept that this is a legitimate, important piece of the story.

However, when the AP fails to make contact with the residents of Ramadi, but allows Mr. Pittman to make assertions such as:

The criminal court system doesn’t function because judges are afraid to work; tribal sheiks have fled or been assassinated.

He needs to back them up with quotes from the sheikhs and judges themselves."
Alive in Baghdad

I knew this story would get some reaction, here is one from the "other" side.

NGO's or part of the re-supply lines? you make the call.