--- 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).
Frex, early Sunday morning (US), there was a 3-4 hour live segment on NBC (at least) where troops had run into unexpected resistance and were awaiting an air strike, then, after the first air strike, they had to decide if a second air strike was necessary. Basically, no one was shooting, but AFAIK it was live.
> 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.
In the above case, the "bad guys" were trapped in one location waiting to be bombed. I don't know whether they had access to the live TV coverage, or (more of a possible problem) whether any other Iraqi units could have seen it and come to the rescue of their trapped fellows . . .
-- Ronn! :)
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