Journalist Kevin Sites checks in with a blog post addressed to the guys in the Marine division he’s been traveling with. He’s been getting flack from certain quarters over the video footage he shot during an incident in Fallujah and wants to set the record straight for the guys. So here, ultimately, is how it all plays out: when the Iraqi man in the mosque posed a threat, he was your enemy; when he was subdued he was your responsibility; when he was killed in front of my eyes and my camera — the story of his death became my…

Kevin Sites is the reporter who shot the video footage in Fallujah of the Marine who allegedly shot a wounded, unarmed insurgent in a mosque. He also has a photoblog full of amazing, wonderful, and disturbing images. Previously, he was working for CNN, who shut his blog down for a while in 2003. The blog is shut down again, along with the commentary forum, which had predictably enough filled up with screaming ranters of the “Support Our Troops!!! Or Else You Hate Amerikkka!!!!” flavor. I hope he’s able to start it up again. In the meantime, what a mess: The…

During an appearance to promote his children’s book on “Live with Regis and Kelly,” O’Reilly said he’d been repeatedly threatened with lawsuits and bodily harm over the past few years. He said he knew that by filing his lawsuit, he could perhaps ruin his career. “If I have to go down, I’m willing to do it,” he said. “I’m going to take a stand. I’m a big mouth on the air and I’m a big mouth off the air.” That’s very generous; but sorry, not interested. Sorry about the Salon quote – if you want to read the full article,…

Security forces in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar say they have thwarted an attack that could have killed hundreds of people. A tanker carrying 40,000 litres of fuel and packed with explosives was intercepted on the eve of the country’s first direct presidential elections. Okay, I imagine things are a little hairy over in the Spook Think Tanks just now, but they must be relieved over this one. All this stuff blowin’ up is a little nerve-wracking on the eve of the elections, and the US Residential debate, and so on. I’m sure the Repubs are feeling even more…

I ran across this speech that Bill Moyers gave to the Society of Professional Journalists on Sept. 11th, 2004. He covers a lot of ground. Get a cup of coffee and read it like your life depends on it. A profound transformation is happening here. The framers of our nation never envisioned these huge media giants; never imagined what could happen if big government, big publishing and big broadcasters ever saw eye to eye in putting the public’s need for news second to their own interests — and to the ideology of free-market economics. I was looking for something completely…

The multimedia exhibit sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee is ongoing. You can check the schedule and its progress here. When this exhibit was unveiled by our Chicago office in January 2004, there were 504 pairs of boots symbolizing the lost lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. With each passing week, each stop in a href=”http://”>new city, more pairs of boots are added to represent the newly fallen. Alongside the boots stands a wall of remembrance with the names of the more than 11,000 Iraqi civilians who have been killed since the U.S.-led invasion.

Hey, wacky NASA guys! Careful with that thing, you could have hurt somebody – like my MOM for Christ’s sake!! Jeeez! Be more careful next time. (when I saw the news footage at lunch, with only sketchy closed captioning, it looked like they were finally reported the aliens had landed… really hard.)