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http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/some_little_man_in_a/ Championing Independent Journalism Tue, 26 May 2009 09:08:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/some_little_man_in_a/#comment-1806 Tue, 26 May 2009 09:08:18 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/some_little_man_in_a/#comment-1806 Hi Ajith,
Thanks for commenting.
I’ll assume your first question comes from a lack of understanding of how we work rather than an attempt at shooting the messenger. When covering a conflict one has to start by assuming that everything one hears from the involved parties is propaganda or repetition of propaganda. The only thing we do know about some of the most important aspects of the conflict here in Sri Lanka is that we know very little beyond that the government insists that they have nothing to hide, and then hides it anyway. Read my piece again. I’m not saying the Sunday Leader or anyone else is not correct, but very few people are in a position to prove what the truth is, and so far they’re not saying anything. I’m sure you can understand that that would and should make any independent journalist suspicious.
I’m afraid I can’t be very polite about your insinuation that my sources are my neighbours, so I won’t comment on that beyond reminding you that I’ve been covering conflicts all over the planet since 1982, without once having had my professional integrity successfully challenged.
I admit I hadn’t considered the possibility that the reason the little old lady, Tamil or not, on the balcony across from mine isn’t flying a national flag might be fear of LTTE hitmen. But then again, hasn’t Sri Lanka, as the first country ever, just eradicated terrorism? Or does Tamil-on-Tamil terror not count? If so, why not?

]]> http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/some_little_man_in_a/#comment-1805 Tue, 26 May 2009 07:17:46 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/some_little_man_in_a/#comment-1805 Hi Morten,
May be the fact that you live in a mainly tamil area in Colombo has made your sources rather biased? May be its you who is hearing only one side of the story. When even the sunday leader is saying the same story has it ever been considered whether that story may be the correct one.
Secondly do you think with the possibility of some LTTE hitmen still being around would allow any tamil whatever there inclination is to raise the national flag?

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