Vindication for 'unpatriotic' reporters in Iraq

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof defends US reporters covering the war in Iraq by pointing out that they have been vindicated by events. He writes: "For several years the White House and its Dobermans helpfully pointed out the real enemy in Iraq: those lazy, wimpish foreign correspondents who were so foolish and unpatriotic that they reported that we faced grave difficulties in Iraq." Now, argues Kristof, events have proved them right and "as we try to extricate ourselves from Iraq, a basic lesson for the administration is that it should deal with bad news in ways more creative than clobbering the messenger." (Via Editor & Publisher)