DETAILS ON THE TAPE
The Washington Post has a few details about the tape. The Post's details, which was from an anonymous source, was also picked up by Reuters.

I spent the evening at a (long-scheduled) panel at the NY Public Library on foreign reporting. There was talk about weighing your risks, deciding on the news value of heading down a certain street. But when you're not on the front lines, the risks aren't always as obvious, as in Pearl's kidnapping. "As dramatic as front line reporting can be, the thing that happened to Daniel Pearl is actually more frightening to most journalists," Sebastian Junger said.
- posted by Amy @ 2/21/2002 11:15:00 PM

 

'ACT OF BARBARISM'
Here are the stories so far from Reuters and MSNBC.com on the death of Daniel Pearl. The WSJ story requires a paid subscription, but doesn't have much more than the other news organizations yet, except for more details on the guy who sent the e-mails. It makes no mention of a video. The Committee to Protect Journalists hasn't updated with the news, but does have a page set up with all the details of his case.
» WSJ REPORTER MISSING IN PAKISTAN
» SWEDISH JOURNALIST KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
» FOUR JOURNALISTS KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
- posted by Amy @ 2/21/2002 05:15:00 PM

 

WSJ SAYS PEARL IS DEAD
The full memo from the Wall Street Journal is on the Media News letters page.
- posted by Amy @ 2/21/2002 04:47:00 PM

 

THE WANNABE AXIS OF JUST AS EVIL
Now here's a story you want to check out: "Angered By Snubbing, Libya, China, Syria Form Axis of Just as Evil." The story has some really great lines.

Cuba, Sudan, and Serbia said they had formed the Axis of Somewhat Evil, forcing Somalia to join with Uganda and Myanmar in the Axis of Occasionally Evil, while Bulgaria, Indonesia and Russia established the Axis of Not So Much Evil Really As Just Generally Disagreeable.

With the criteria suddenly expanded and all the desirable clubs filling up, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, and Rwanda applied to be called the Axis of Countries That Aren't the Worst But Certainly Won't Be Asked to Host the Olympics; Canada, Mexico, and Australia formed the Axis of Nations That Are Actually Quite Nice But Secretly Have Nasty Thoughts About America, while Spain, Scotland, and New Zealand established the Axis of Countries That Sometimes Ask Sheep to Wear Lipstick.

The story can be found at SatireWire, which is like The Onion, but with less of the humor aimed at 13-year-old boys the Onion's been coming up with lately. I found the site courtesy of Koll Ellis and Steve Ball - some guys who lived on my dorm floor freshman year. SatireWire's other top headlines include "U.S. Promises to Consult Allies Before Doing What it Was Going to Do Anyway," "Canadian Warship Seizes Tanker in …Wait …Canada has a Warship?," and "Bush Asks Non-American Olympians to Support America By Finishing Behind America."
- posted by Amy @ 2/21/2002 04:28:00 PM

 

UNINTENDED HIATUS
Gentle readers, I've been ignoring the blog for the past week in favor of wrestling with an evil bug that caused me to miss many other escapades. However, it didn't prohibit me from writing a 2-page complaint letter to my landlord about the drug dealers, prostitutes and homeless folk who are increasingly gaining entry into our building to use the hallway as their own personal Washington Square Park. My next-door neighbor called 911 on Friday night at 8 p.m. to complain about people using drugs outside his door - and was told not to bother 911 with non-emergency calls. This morning, some cops buzzed us at 8 a.m. so they could come in and roust a homeless guy, who as it tuned out was in our 5th floor hallway.

I didn't turn the computer on much this week (except to play Civ III) so I obviously didn't see much to link to. However, given my soft spot for absurd animal stories, I feel compelled to link to the kinky penguin story at the New York Aquarium. (Thanks to Ed Mazza for pointing out the story in the NY Daily News.) Apparently penguins mate with one partner for life, except for the harlots in the aquarium out at Coney Island. The girls there have been carousing with three or four partners a day. The story ends with this kicker:

Unruffled by all the funny business are Wendell and Cass, two 15-year-old males who have shared the same nest for eight years.

"They are totally devoted to each other," Fisher said. "They never leave each other's side and have the neatest nest in the colony."

- posted by Amy @ 2/17/2002 10:01:00 AM