http://www.alandix.com/blog/2007/01/14/keeping-track-of-history-blair-iraq-and-all-of-us/ just starting ... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:27:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.alandix.com/blog/2007/01/14/keeping-track-of-history-blair-iraq-and-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-23156 Alan’s blog » just hit search Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:05:38 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/2007/01/14/keeping-track-of-history-blair-iraq-and-all-of-us/#comment-23156 [...] is another lesson though, one that I picked up in a blog “keeping track of history” not long after the Memories for Life meeting, just how hard it is to find pretty [...] [...] is another lesson though, one that I picked up in a blog “keeping track of history” not long after the Memories for Life meeting, just how hard it is to find pretty [...]

]]> http://www.alandix.com/blog/2007/01/14/keeping-track-of-history-blair-iraq-and-all-of-us/comment-page-1/#comment-10 VirtualChaos - Nadeem’s blog » keeping track of history Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:09:33 +0000 http://www.alandix.com/blog/2007/01/14/keeping-track-of-history-blair-iraq-and-all-of-us/#comment-10 [...] Alan’s written an interesting piece on keeping track of history. It’s a thought provoking read and I think he raises some valid points around how hard it is, even in the information age, to find out background information about news items, in part to due to the fact that they are often written before an event actually takes place - particularly with reference to political statements. I find myself agreeing with Alan’s observation that If journalists do not see it as their job to give such background and it is still so hard to find elsewhere, then politicians can go on deceiving themselves and their people. [...] [...] Alan’s written an interesting piece on keeping track of history. It’s a thought provoking read and I think he raises some valid points around how hard it is, even in the information age, to find out background information about news items, in part to due to the fact that they are often written before an event actually takes place – particularly with reference to political statements. I find myself agreeing with Alan’s observation that If journalists do not see it as their job to give such background and it is still so hard to find elsewhere, then politicians can go on deceiving themselves and their people. [...]

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