-> On 12 Mar 09  22:34:04, Richard Webb got back to Dan Ceppa 
-> Re: BI-PARTISAN INVASION

 DC> your problem is in the fact that the news has been sanaitized for US
 DC> consumption.  the destruction of mosques, bombing of civilians, etc

 RW> YOu have to agree that the military and political leaders in this
 RW> country took one very valuable lesson away from VIetnam, even if others

And, Gulf War I  

 RW> didn't quite take hold.  tHis lesson was that the reporters bringing
 RW> back the story to the folks at home in the age of satellite television
 RW> must be controlled carefully.  Hence the "embedded" reporter who
 RW> cannot go anywhere and act independently of his/her military handlers.

They thought they were in the middle of a chance in a lifetime story.  They
ended up having the story spoon fed to them.  And, few of them realized that
they were no longer the reporter. 

 RW> LIke most things which diminish freedom of thought and
 RW> freedom of information this was done for their "safety" and
 RW> this was the way it was presented to them.

With a bird's eye view from their cell window,,,,

 RW> THat's why we got that cool desert storm show on CNN the
 RW> first time.  A decade later we got the cool "shock and awe"
 RW> show.

Lot's of lights.  Few, if any, bodies.  


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