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Mudville Gazette: The milbloggers lament |
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 |
Quatto, in Afghanistan:In Afghanistan, reporters were scrambling for local reaction to the story. This herd mentality demonstrates again how far contemporary journalism has fallen from its social mission. Rather than bringing the war zone they were assigned to cover to their audience, many reporters--on their own or at the urging of editors--quickly reverted to bringing their audiences fixation on another story into the war zone.Something you tend to notice while deployed - in this case it appears its being noticed...read
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