You know how many reporters are actually going out

[Joe for Clark]

on ops to report to us, the world - 9 thats all and about half of them "stars and strips" people.

http://www.windsofchange.net/archives/009079.php

I cut and paiste this -

Few embeds in Iraq not all media’s fault
by Donald Sensing at September 26, 2006 02:19 PM
Consider this report:

Pajamas Media, in the course of a casual conversation with a Marine Corps information officer who tracks the number of embedded reporters in Iraq, learned the real number of embedded reporters covering the Iraq story on September 19, 2006. It was, according to the officer, a fairly typical day. To illustrate his point, he provided Pajamas Media with the illustration he uses to brief with on the state of media embedding in Iraq.

What was that number? Take a guess and then see the truth. No peeking.

If you guessed 9 reporters, you guessed right.


This is NOT good - I know the report says it isn't all the medias fault that they aren't actually doing their job - well, YES IT IS. Thats their job.

I haven't trusted reporting from there for a long time - I didn't think it was this bad though.

These "reporters" are hiding in their hotel rooms in the green zone passing out info thats third party or worse as news.

I hope that link works.

Joe




Of the nine, four were from the defense department's own media operations, Stars and Stripes and Armed Forces Network, and one was from Poland. There was one each from the Charlotte Observer, the BBC, AP and RAI.

[LostInAnomie]

1. Believe it or not, Tweety was actually lamenting this...

... a couple of weeks ago. He was saying that the reason we don't see any news out of Iraq anymore is not because the media does not want to. It is because things are so bad over there that journalists are afraid to go outside of the Green Zone. They know that being captured outside is essentially a death sentence, and a horrible death at that.

[Jacobin]

2. The Torture Bill will stop all that

Journalists will be free to go out into Iraq and report on all the good news.

It will.

I promise.

[Joe for Clark]

5. That is funny.

And I am sorry the below got "double posted".

Opps,

Joe

[Joe for Clark]

3. I didn't that he said that.

Doesn't make it right.

You know we send kids out every day - on poverty wages - to get blown up. They do it.

Maybe this is a little harsh - but nobody forced reporters to be reporters. That is their job.

There is no excuse for me that works - if they can't do it they should get another job - and don't pretend to be a reporter.

I think it is really that simple.

Joe

[Joe for Clark]

4. I didn't know he said that - but

Doesn't make it right.

You know we send kids out every day - on poverty wages - to get blown up. They do it.

Maybe this is a little harsh - but nobody forced reporters to be reporters. That is their job.

There is no excuse for me that works - if they can't do it they should get another job - and don't pretend to be a reporter.

I think it is really that simple.

Joe

[Bucky]

6. So this studio reporter is complaining reporters won't cover the story?

Is this ironic or hypocritical?