Solidarity

The almost complete lack of commentary by US journalists about Israel's targeting killing of journalist in Gaza has been quite the lesson of who most of these people are. I'm sure you can blame the bosses, some, as it's quite clear they've all issued edicts preventing comment by their journalists.

"Try not to kill journalists operating in war zones" is the absolute blandest, banal, boilerplate request that journalists make in any conflict, but it's too spicy for this one.

Sure lots of journalists have precarious jobs, but there are the special ones - the ones with a brand, the ones who always have a license to color outside the lines - and they are mostly silent, too.