I was watch We Were Soldiers the other day with my teenage son. Right after the scene where Joe arrives and tells Col. Moore about the VC coming down the trail with candles my son turns and says today the news person would have kept silent or maybe even tried to publish online data weakening the American position. I smiled and told him yes they already have several times (ala Jerry Rivers and others reporting from embedded positions). Not all youth is lost.
How true, good on your boy! One of my favorite movies.