Thanks for that letter, it is an interesting read, indeed.

If the US/UK go to war, we will be wholly dependent upon independent journalists to provide us with factual information of what is really happening on the ground. The mainstream media will be too worried about ruffling feathers of Gen. Frank and the White House, not to mention whether their reporter fatigue outfits are properly pressed by the hired help, and if their hair blow job will stay put while on camera, to report anything besides US propaganda as The Truth. The mainstream media is the pipeline of official doctrine, nothing more. To do any kind of real reporting, on the ground, would actually require the media whores to leave their hotel bar for more than an afternoon of interviews in the enemy's air conditioned offices.

I recommend an excellent, award-winning photojournalist, Kevin McKiernan, as an excellent source for coverage from Northern Iraq. He too has worked for all the "big name" media companies. But he has distinguished himself while working as an independent journalist, beyond the pale of the mainstream media's reach.

Kevin made a documentary titled "Good Kurds, Bad Kurds" which has won several awards, and has also worked as an investigative photojournalist in the Philippines and Central America. He was the only news journalist inside the compound when it was taken over by the American Indian Movement during the Wounded Knee occupation in 1973, where he remained for the entire siege. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for that work. He is, as we speak, still working in Northern Iraq.

His website is here:

Kevin Mckiernan's website