[a fool in paradise]

>>Some notable recent examples of such blatant misrepresentation of civilian actions can begin with an opinion piece for CNN by ethics professor Joseph Holt. Amazingly, Holt wrote, “We thank soldiers for their service because they devote themselves to protecting our freedoms, and we should. But we should also thank the media for the same reason — especially when the stakes have never been higher.”

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1987 Mike Wallace and Peter Jennings profess that they are journalists first and Americans second - they would lie in wait and film the carnage if they had advance word of an impending attack on US forces by the enemy

youtube:Jennings & Wallace, reporters first, Americans second

[ought-six]

I saw that when it first aired back in 1987. The Marine colonel’s response was classic!

[OrioleFan]

Remember the CNN’s Bernard Shaw and correspondents John Holliman and Peter Arnett in Baghdad who refused to tell US forces what they saw in the opening days of the gulf war.