J-School Rears its Ugly Head

For those of you that don’t know, I studied journalism in college, and although I don’t do hard news reporting, I still consider myself part of that community. All of the J-school alumni are part of a massive listserve and every once and awhile something interesting will land in my e-mail. For those who don’t know, reporters are slightly cynical, cultish and typically left-leaning. However, they can also be a very powerful force when they choose to be. Every once and awhile the community will band together. This morning, I received a follow-up to a petition that was circulating for the past month. It marks the anniversary of the Palestine Hotel Attack in which friendly fire killed two journalists. Media and Human Rights Groups Call on Pentagon to Investigate ‘Friendly Fire’ Deaths of Journalists.