--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We pretty much decided that the public does have a right to know, > but not as it is happening. Those were live Marines, very much > in harm's way.
AFAIK, though, nobody is showing live battle scenes, are they? (Due to various constraints, most of my war coverage has been through radio, not TV - not that I even have cable). > Another topic was about Operational Security--we're certainly > not the only people watching the "show". The bad guys can use >the pictures as up to the minute targeting information. My understanding is that the US has very strict rules regarding reports from embedded reporters to prevent this. Indeed, almost all of the shots I have seen from embedded reporters have had a man-made backdrop to prevent this. > I know the on-scene commanders neither need nor want "help" > from armchair generals in the States. A friend of mine actually pointed out to me yesterday that all of the networks now have "retired generals" as military analysts, and that some of these generals have been "retired" for as little as weeks or months. This suggests that the Pentagon very much wants these generals on the networks providing a "military viewpoint" to the coverage. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
