The U.S. Military’s Campaign Against Media Freedom

Post by Ygg2 » Sun, Jun 15, 2014, 11:56 PM UTC

eli wrote: post #32

Ygg2 wrote: post #26

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> Rather easy to take potshots, now that Iraq is falling apart. If this outcome was so obvious why wait until now to write an op-ed? It's outcome was known and obvious from the get go. You kill the dictator that repress another extremist. What did you think it was going to happen? No retaliation. America's 'Wars' from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, War on Terror (and War on Drugs) have all been, very, very, very…

My point is that it's tough to say "I told you so" after the fact.

Post by malandrew » Tue, Jun 17, 2014, 5:49 AM UTC

bambax wrote: post #19

r0h1n wrote: post #7

Is it any surprise that newspaper war stories are usually one-sided and glib, considering they are written by journalists who: a. have "established relations with the military", b. are rated by military contractors as likely to produce "favourable" coverage c. are subject to revocation of access AND blacklisting for "controversial reporting" A system that is designed to promote the army's point of view and penalize t…

If you're "embedded" you're a guest; not only is it bad manners to bite the hand that feeds you, it's also fundamentally against human nature. Embedded journalists will almost always side with who they're embedded within. Independent journalism can only be produced by truly independent journalists: journalists who don't depend on the people they're reporting on for their very survival. Is this possible? Maybe, but we…