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[https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/pyle/europe.html by ERNIE PYLE PBS] | [https://www.pbs.org/weta/reportingamericaatwar/reporters/pyle/europe.html by ERNIE PYLE PBS] | ||
Ernie Pyle left Europe a week after the liberation of Paris, and after a short stint at home reluctantly accepted an assignment in the Pacific. As the war in Europe began winding down, Pyle started writing a column to mark the victory. He would never have a chance to complete it. This draft was found in Pyle's pocket on April 18, 1945, after he was killed by a Japanese machine-gunner on the island of Ie Shima. | Ernie Pyle left Europe a week after the liberation of Paris, and after a short stint at home reluctantly accepted an assignment in the Pacific. As the war in Europe began winding down, Pyle started writing a column to mark the victory. He would never have a chance to complete it. This draft was found in Pyle's pocket on April 18, 1945, after he was killed by a Japanese machine-gunner on the island of Ie Shima. | ||
=====Ukraine war: Is impartiality always key to quality journalism?===== | |||
[https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/3/9/is-absolute-impartiality-always-a-necessity-in-journalism by Zahera Harb 9/3/22 ALJAZEERA] | |||
Since the very first Russian troops made their way into Ukraine in the early hours of February 24, the Anglo-American coverage of Europe’s latest war has been full of emotion and patriotic sentiment. Western correspondents on the ground in Ukraine and in newsrooms across Europe and America not only demonstrated high levels of empathy for Ukrainian civilians suffering from Russia’s unprovoked aggression, but also significant sympathy for those taking up arms to protect their country against the invader. | |||
