iaamoac wrote: > --- 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).
Yes they have been. Live and up close and personal. Marines laying on the ground look through scopes at a building where the resistance was. In the distance, between the Marines and the building were two or coalition tanks peppering the building. > > 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. You said earlier most of your war coverage has been from radio. There are live shots and the backdrop is real desert and real people. > > 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. True: Most give a positive spin and a "military viewpoint" and are knowledgable about our capabilities if not the exact plan (which they wouldn't divulge even if they knew it). However, I meant active duty military in the States second guessing real-time battle field decisions. George A _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
