Originally posted by Thomas Crowne
Are their any mainstream media accounts of war crimes in Iraq? It is very obvious that our mainstream media can't farkin' wait to piss on the soldiers, so you know if there has been any, they will be Johnny on the spot to cover it.
there was just a great show on PBS about the changing role of media regarding the military since WWII. in the beginning of the vietnam war, the reporters were still all gung ho, because america was the 'good guy', fresh out of a battle of pure evil vs. pure good. as the war dragged on, the americans began burning down villages. just burning down the houses of innocents. the media began to question the 'rightness' of the war. the media later began to show another face of the war, ....drugs. the armies were higher than kites and rebellious, too.
well, the army didn't like the influence the media had on people, and so when britain attacked grenada, there was an absolute media blackout.
the media fought back , and a compromise was reached by the time of the gulf war. select reporters would be allowed to report, but all fottage had to be approved by the military. we kept seeing relatively MEANINGLESS images, that convinced us there was a war going on. man, that was irritating. how many times did we have to watch the 'smart bomb' footage. like hiroshima, the REAL purpose of that, was to show us the powers of big brother.
and today, we have 'embedded' reporters. as the tv show said, 'that's the perfect word'. the reporters who travel with soldiers depend on the soldiers for their lives. they become very close to the troops.
it's hardly objective, and it's most certainly not antagonistic towards the troops.
americans firing on indepent media should set off alarms for non believers.



You say "civilian neighborhoods were the primary target of the U.S. Airforce?" like its news to you




