Calif. Republican Asks Pentagon to Remove Embedded CNN Reporters
SAN DIEGO, October 21, 2006 – The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee asked the Pentagon on Friday to remove CNN reporters embedded with U.S. combat troops, saying the network’s broadcast of a video showing insurgent snipers targeting U.S. soldiers was tantamount to airing an enemy propaganda film. (from ABC7.com)
This is also the old question of ‘should we show this or not?’. I always say what matters most is not what you show, but rather how the viewer analyzes what you show them. This is the reality of war no matter what side you are on.
Whichever path we take, of peace or of war, we must learn to take the good with the bad.