Sojourn of Ben

The media did indeed mislead the public by becoming a part of what they were reporting. The embedding of reporters in Iraq was not only a foolish thing to do, it was wrong.

The Journalists started to become attatched to the troops they were with, and they became "sympathetic towards the cause." This was a conflict of interest. There is no way that the reporter could stay objective in those types of situations. The media seems to have started their own war. They have fought to cover the war in Iraq, and they have become part of the institution.

The higher end people in the journalism field even made deals with the military to create "pools" for other militarily unwanted information to be put. This isn't completely the fault of the Journalists. There was a point in the video where a journalist is challenging a military information guy. He did this so much that he was told to "shut the fuck up." How can we expect the journalists to do a good job covering those types of situations is they aren't allowed to have the whole truth. I really liked the quote "The truth is the first casualty of war."

I can't exactly agree with how the journalists covered operation Iraqi Freedom. First of all, it's not my thing. I wouldn't be over there. Secondly, If I was over there, I would have been covering something other than the soldiers. Possibly the affect of our soldiers being there on the people of Iraq. I find it VERY interesting how Operation Iraqi Freedom was supposed to be Operation Iraqi Liberation...O.I.L.