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By Brian C. Ledbetter · Tuesday, September 19. 2006 09:15
Should reporters who are embedded with enemy forces be treated the same as an enemy?

Here's the dilemma: The press wants to be able to claim impartiality on all fronts, so sometimes they send people behind the lines to camp out with rogue forces. (Sadly, the people they send are typically philosophically aligned with said forces, but I'll leave that for another discussion.)

If reporters know the risk of being on the far ("business") end of Western military forces, why should they not suffer the same bombardment as the enemies they align themselves with? Why should the West not intentionally target them, if they're actively fighting, with propaganda, against the West?

I'd love to hear some reader input on this.
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captainfish on 2006-09-19 11:21 #1
*I think we, USA, have always been opposed to seeing enemy propaganda. And, if that propaganda comes from within our own media sources, we see it as a betrayal of our country.

If those reporters just happen to be in the same city when the bad guys roll through and they are able to capture some secret unique shots, those pics are valuable. However, if that same reporter goes to the enemies camp, shares tea, enjoys their sactuary and comraderie, then that reporter's loyalty is seen as to have switched.

Didn't our allied reporters during WW2 get shot at and even captured by the German army? They were captured and imprisoned because they were a member of the Allied nations.

When an american was found to be broadcasting pro-german blather, he was tried and found guilty of treason.

The only way I could change my mind on the object of this discussion would be if he reported back to his company and asked they tell the army where to find the bad guys he was encamped with.
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