Thursday 3/25

I focused my attention today on the article about the recent arrests of Al-Quaeda members and how the Taliban have promoted a fighter to fill the spot of one of the arrested. I noticed that the journalists did not sugarcoat this story and make it sound like this fighter is any less qualified than his predecessor. The journalists are not influenced by the government who might be trying to make it sound like there is indeed progress. The progress is obviously stunted by the fact that the person we arrested was so easily replaceable. The journalist reports the news, and doesn't try to fake how well the war is going, but instead presents the citizen with truths about how although we have made great strides, they may not be good enough, since the Taliban is able to recover from our blows. This shows that the press is independent of governmental influence and that they are directing the citizens towards truth, no matter how hard it may be.