Reporters on the battlefield

[Jax-Cross]

I personally, don't like those damn reporters on the battlefield with the troops I can says this because reporters annoy and destract when we try to get things done. War is NOT reality telivision for our viewing pleasure. War is about Death and Destruction and all of those reporters along with there companies want good ratings. If they insist on being out there give them a gun and tell them to fight. As for the 4 or 5 that have been killed and the rest that have been injured all i have to say to them is "sorry that it happened to you, But you shouldn't have been out there in the first place" my political friends, you can comment back, if not thats ok. Ineeded to say that though

[RoboTripper]

At 4/4/03 10:07 AM, Jax_Cross wrote: I personally, don't like those damn reporters on the battlefield with the troops I can says this because reporters annoy and destract when we try to get things done. War is NOT reality telivision for our viewing pleasure. War is about Death and Destruction and all of those reporters along with there companies want good ratings. If they insist on being out there give them a gun and tell them to fight. As for the 4 or 5 that have been killed and the rest that have been injured all i have to say to them is "sorry that it happened to you, But you shouldn't have been out there in the first place" my political friends, you can comment back, if not thats ok. Ineeded to say that though

I think the reporters are being given more and more leeway and access because there is a lot of skepticism about this war and the U.S. wants to show everybody that they're on the up and up. And besides, the military still has control - they have strict rules for the reporters and screen scripts and videos.

The reporters know the risks of going into the field and I don't think anybody needs to feel sorry for them - they know that casualties among themselves are inevitable, but they do it because it's a great reporting opportunity. I guarantee almost nobody in that business would refuse the opportunity to be embedded.

[Jiperly]

Reporters on the felid is a propgranda emforcers dream- you don't force what people say, you just place them in a possition where one side is constantly shoot at them and killing soldiers that the day before you bonded with. Thus, the Bias claws straight through

[Alejandro1]

At 4/4/03 11:16 AM, Crack_Smoker wrote: I think the reporters are being given more and more leeway and access because there is a lot of skepticism about this war and the U.S. wants to show everybody that they're on the up and up. And besides, the military still has control - they have strict rules for the reporters and screen scripts and videos.

Yes, the reporters have been given quite a bit of leeway, but this isnt the first example of this type of war reporting (except for live coverage). This is propaganda so people will have faith in the Bush administration, which is good. And yes, the reporters do not interfere will the troops much because there are many strict military laws to keep the enemy from getting intelligence.

[BullRat]

But don't we need some way of knowing exactly what the hell is going on over there? I mean, likwith the hostage situations and shit like that? How the hell would we know for sure if we only heard about it from those filthy rats? We all know how low the y sink and that all they do is lie... I'm not saying it's a good thing to have our reports right smack in the middle of combat with their cameras and microphones... I'm just saying, I know that it's not reality TV, but it letting up know what is going on with our troops. *shrugs* But, as I've come to assume, due to the way everyone keeps responding to me, my opinions really don't matter here. So I guess I'm just blowing hot air...

[DarkCyrstal]

At 4/4/03 10:07 AM, Jax_Cross wrote: I personally, don't like those damn reporters on the battlefield with the troops I can says this because reporters annoy and destract when we try to get things done. War is NOT reality telivision for our viewing pleasure. War is about Death and Destruction and all of those reporters along with there companies want good ratings. If they insist on being out there give them a gun and tell them to fight. As for the 4 or 5 that have been killed and the rest that have been injured all i have to say to them is "sorry that it happened to you, But you shouldn't have been out there in the first place" my political friends, you can comment back, if not thats ok. Ineeded to say that though

Have you seen a reporter on the Battle feild while he is being shot at and mortar rounds are going off all around him? Just that face will make you support reporters on battle feild. Besides give Ted Copel and Dan Rather a break. There on front line, i tihnk tha tis hillarious.

[18-12-2]

There has to be at least a few reporters out there, if not to try and show the morale of the troops. but to give us at least a small insight to what's going on out there. Since Vietnam, wars have been covered on TV, and as with Vietnam, show the true horrors of war that were never seen before by the general public. Having reporters might just help turn more people against war....perhaps a good thing....

[bumcheekcity]

At 4/6/03 05:28 AM, SeanDillon wrote: There has to be at least a few reporters out there, if not to try and show the morale of the troops. but to give us at least a small insight to what's going on out there. Since Vietnam, wars have been covered on TV, and as with Vietnam, show the true horrors of war that were never seen before by the general public. Having reporters might just help turn more people against war....perhaps a good thing....

definatley a good thing,war is death. but we kill more people by peace (sanctions and things) before we go in with soldiors.

[Jax-Cross]

Thats just it though I don't think war should be telivised. And If reporters insist on being out there, I say Grab a gun and help fight. War is a horriable thing, but it happens. THe wrong thing to do is to explote it.

[18-12-2]

At 4/7/03 01:12 AM, Jax_Cross wrote: Thats just it though I don't think war should be telivised. And If reporters insist on being out there, I say Grab a gun and help fight. War is a horriable thing, but it happens. THe wrong thing to do is to explote it.

Yes, we should leave that to movies made by former war veterans, movies like Platoon, yet people still try and see the glamorous side of it...even with the messages these movies try and show..