When you work in a news environment any breaking news becomes your life for the entire work day. And so it's been for the past two days in the aftermath of Benazir Bhutto's assassination... every minute bought a new fact, a new detail, a new development of the day's events.
Sadly, every minute also bought news of more and more innocent people dying in the aftermath of the political turmoil Pakistan has been thrust into.
You would think that I'd have all the inside scoop into what's happening, with reports coming in from ABC reporters in every corner of the world.
But after two days of non-stop Bhutto news, I know nothing. I have no inkling of who's right or wrong in the political battlefield of Pakistan, who's innocent, guilty, who's honest and who's corrupt. All I know is the Pakistani public is the only one paying for the actions of its leaders.
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I so know the feeling! Breaking news on that level means long hours surrounded on all sides by increasingly depressing footage. I remember the London bombings leaving me absolutely drained at the end of the day because there's only so many horrific images I can see without needing to bury myself in something brainless and fluffy.
I read a bunch of Pakistani blogs immediately after the assassination. They were really interesting pictures of what was actually happening on the ground in the major cities.
But I think you're right.... we'll probably never know who was innocent, who was guilty, or who was ultimately responsible.
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