bearing on reality. all of it, frankly, was a distraction from the real story in my mind, which is what the afghan people were going through, and what they were experiencing and what america's role is and what america's responsibly was in that. so it is frustrating as a journalist when you see both sides politically trying to weaponize these issues that ultimately subvert attention from the real focus. but isn't it notjust about politics about both sides and decisions taken by editors that think it's easier to make content that's popular if it's seen through domestic politics, rather through experiences of afghans? i think it depends where you work. obviously, if you work at one of the big three networks in the us and you have a half—hour evening news show, you're a lot more limited in how much