tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148465.post113756194462809352..comments2023-09-04T04:37:45.246-07:00Comments on CRACKPOT PRESS: Jill CarrollCrackpot Presshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07978351338595156501noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148465.post-1137620721005304562006-01-18T13:45:00.000-08:002006-01-18T13:45:00.000-08:00Nicely done bit, Dave. Congrats on the Raw Story p...Nicely done bit, Dave. Congrats on the Raw Story pick-up, you clever monkey.Greg Millshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11362936189772706298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148465.post-1137620226695692042006-01-18T13:37:00.000-08:002006-01-18T13:37:00.000-08:00Crackpot: I don't think Jill Carroll is a Christia...Crackpot: I don't think Jill Carroll is a Christian Scientist, but I can't say for sure. Why? Her sister's blog (called Lady of Arabia-- which documented Jill's experiences in Iraq as well as her life in Cairo where she keeps an apartment) was pulled down immediately after Jill was kidnapped. So, if any source could give us good details about the way she raised (she is an Ann Arbor native), it would probably come from her sister's blog. From Jan 10/05 TIME: <BR/><BR/>Posted Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006<BR/>When Jill Carroll, 28, a Baghdad-based freelancer for the Christian Science Monitor was kidnapped on Saturday, the tightly knit community of reporters in the Iraqi capital knew of the abduction within hours. But in an almost unprecedented move, media organizations in Baghdad— Arabic and English alike—kept a lid on the news in hopes that a media blackout would give negotiators and rescuers time to win her release. For two days it mostly held, to the point where early reports mentioning her affiliation with the Christian Science Monitor were pulled from Web pages. A blog kept by her sister called "Lady of Arabia," which detailed many of Carroll’s exploits in Baghdad, was pulled down.<BR/><BR/>"It wasn't just U.S. media, there were various Italian agencies that ran with a lot of details, and a Kuwaiti news agency that ran with it, they all pulled it down," the Monitor’s managing editor, Marshall Ingwerson, told Editor & Publisher. "Basically, everyone who ran with it, once we reached them, was cooperative. I was surprised and very heartened that people were so willing to help us." <BR/><BR/>There was fear that her affiliation with a paper with the word "Christian" in the title might cause her captors to treat her harshly. After two days however, the Monitor ran a story of its own and other media organizations followed suit. "Jill worked for a lot of newspapers and media from many countries," Ingwerson told E&P. "She is not a Monitor staffer."<BR/><BR/>Rest assured Crackpot, if Jill were an anti-Muslim/ anti-Iraqi kind of Christian ( ya know... like the kind Hannity, O'Reilly and Limbaugh just LOVE) her religion as yet another "poor persecuted Christian" would be played up to the hilt with the wingnuts so they could scare the bejeebus out of all the "God-fearing, anti-all other religions Christians" in this country.<BR/><BR/>I agree that her capture has received little notice, but I think it is a case just the Christian aid workers who are still currently held captive: They were not anti-Muslim, anti-Iraqi and they were not spewing BushCo propaganda about the war. They told the truth as they saw it on the ground, often times from the Iraqi persepective. If you are not a War Fan and you happen to get captured, your kidnapping is not made into a big deal back home. If you spout the BushCo talking pts... it gets more coverage by the propganda machines and talking heads.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah... by the way... sorry that Catholics have been so mean to you... I would never treat ya like that. But then again, as a Catholic, I get treated pretty badly myself by the Catholic Church for not being anti-gay/ anti-choice.<BR/>Maybe if the Pope, bishops, priests and nuns could have normal relationships with sexuality and get married, they wouldn't promote such extreme mean, eh?<BR/><BR/>.... I know... I am so trapped in Hell or Purgatory for that... sigh.Tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08472987991553964064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148465.post-1137608725481135772006-01-18T10:25:00.000-08:002006-01-18T10:25:00.000-08:00Yes I did attend Principia; Class of 87. If you th...Yes I did attend Principia; Class of 87. <BR/><BR/>If you think you may know me feel free to shoot me an email crackpot@crackpotpress.com<BR/><BR/>Thanks for Stopping by.Crackpot Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07978351338595156501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148465.post-1137606075671996782006-01-18T09:41:00.000-08:002006-01-18T09:41:00.000-08:00I'm praying for her too and I hope they release he...I'm praying for her too and I hope they release her. As she supposedly has told her abductors, she's only a journalist and loves Iraq and its people. It's crucial that independent voices like hers survive.<BR/><BR/>BTW, did you attend the Principia High School in suburban St. Louis?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11148465.post-1137601309628779752006-01-18T08:21:00.000-08:002006-01-18T08:21:00.000-08:00Well written, thank you.Well written, thank you.Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05459751273157119630noreply@blogger.com