Insight from @CliffordDMay: "There was a time — I remember it well — when foreign correspondents were considered neutral and disinterested observers. More than that: Those on both sides of almost any conflict were eager to talk to reporters, to tell them their stories and thereby make their case to the world. Jihadists don’t see it that way. And with the advent of the internet, they don’t need to. They can tell their story as they did with Daniel Pearl — by slaughtering him, recording the murder, and posting it online. Foreign correspondence hasn’t been the same since." https://bird.makeup/@fdd/1920564678553489602
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