Drudge Sludge Ends Royal Deployment
Posted by StormWarning on 29 Feb 2008 at 09:51 pm | Tagged as: Afghanistan, Commentary, Current Affairs
As admirable as Prince Harry’s desire to serve in the British military in Afghanistan is/was, the slime of the Drudge Report has once again proven the lowest common denominator aspect of today’s urge to purge (purge as in bulimic expulsion). So urgent the need for this “bastion” of journalism, that he put Prince Harry’s life in danger, and prompted his redeployment.
His presence there had been kept secret from the public in a remarkable deal between the British military and media. But the secret was revealed in two little-noticed articles in an Australian tabloid magazine, and then blasted into the global media spotlight Thursday by the Drudge Report Web site.
Please! If you think that this disclosure was appropriate, I again, (dis)respectfully disagree.
Also read: Fearing that the disclosure would make him a target for Taliban kidnapping, the Prince is returning from Afghan tour.
See Small Wars Journal with its take on this.
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I think the US press could take a lesson from the UK. They did the right thing by NOT printing anything about Prince Harry. The media in the US can’t keep a secret unless they have some selfish motive for doing so. Well, I take that back, they have held back on some articles at the request of the White House.
Absolutely. Discretion in knowing what and when to print is an essential part of journalism in today’s world. Discretion is often lacking.