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[0] checkbox [#] position [cover] cover [title] title Naked in Baghdad: The Iraq War as Seen by NPR's Correspondent Anne Garrels [author] author Garrels, Anne [isbn] isbn 1593973586 [isbn13] isbn13 9781593973582 [asin] asin [num pages] num pages 8 pp [avg rating] avg rating 4.03 [num ratings] num ratings 656 [date pub] date pub Sep 03, 2003 [date pub (ed.)] date pub edition Sep 10, 2003 [rating] Lucas's rating 3 of 5 stars [my rating] my rating 1 of 5 stars2 of 5 stars3 of 5 stars4 of 5 stars5 of 5 stars add to shelves [notes] notes Notes are private! [recommender] recommender none [comments] comments 0 [votes] votes 0 [read count] # times read 1 [date started] date started not set [date read] date read Feb 09, 2009 [date added] date added Feb 01, 2009 [date purchased] date purchased [owned] owned [purchase location] purchase location [condition] condition [format] format Audio CD [29] actions view [review] 
review There are two major stories in this book, the first is covers the details of how to be a reporter in Iraq, and the other is about the looting followin There are two major stories in this book, the first is covers the details of how to be a reporter in Iraq, and the other is about the looting following the arrival of U.S. forces in Baghdad. Reporting from the pre-invasion Iraq involved a lot of bribes, surreptitious use of satellite phones, dealing with Iraqi 'minders' that would act as translators and attempt to lead reporters to stories the Iraqi government wanted told, and self-censorship to avoid being kicked out of the country. The author notes that the Iraqi Information Ministry probably didn't consider NPR that important and wouldn't take the effort to read transcripts of her broadcasts, so she may have had more leeway than for example CNN. She takes several jabs at Geraldo Rivera, who she and other reporters despised. I didn't like the 'Brenda Bulletins' read by Vint Lawrence, his voice is not very clear. Why couldn't some or all of the actual NPR segments done by the author be included on the audiobook? I feel like the author was mainly telling the stories that didn't make it into live broadcasts, but not having heard those the book is incomplete. ...more
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