Mediagazer: The difficulty of reporting from inside Libya (Jon Williams/BBC)

12:55 PM ET, February 21, 2011

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The difficulty of reporting from inside Libya — Reporting from Libya is tricky at the best of times - clearly, the situation there right now is anything but. — For 41 years, Muammar Gaddafi - the self-proclaimed “Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution” - has made life difficult for the Western media.

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