adrian monck

Month: May 2008

  • The information war in Iraq

    Andrew Exum has an interesting account of how the U.S. Army did hearts and minds in Iraq five years ago… In the fall of 2003, I was an officer in the U.S. Army, leading a special operations unit in Iraq. When I inquired as to what psychological operations resources I had at my disposal, I…

  • Can You Trust The Media? reviewed

    Please forgive the shameless self-promotion but Can You Trust The Media? picked up a review at the Guardian. Phone-in voting scams, dodgy trailer editing, silly-season reports of great white sharks cruising off English beaches – the media apparently has a problem with trust. How to win it back? Wrong question, says Adrian Monck: trust is…

  • Off topic: Voting on TV – a basic problem

    Channel 4’s Grand Designs Live, is built around asking viewers to vote on three properties. Here is the problem: the first property featured has a massive advantage over the last property in terms of motivating people to vote. [Updated] Two three four nights out of three four five, the first property featured has won… Can…

  • The future of investigative journalism…

    The future of investigative journalism? Books, according to ex-WSJ Managing Editor Norman Pearlstine. Pearlstine doesn’t believe the newspaper business model will support the kind of long-form, investigative journalism that many of the top reporters and editors have spent their careers pursuing. Case in point: the Washington Post’s recent 17,000-word, four-part series on IED’s in Iraq.…