[SkyPilot]

Journalists demand safer warzones, and safer bullets.

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[Betaille]

Since when are palestinians so sensitive to civilians being killed? Last I checked they supported it. Is it possible that they can't take themselves what they dish out to others?

[TheDon]

It doesn't seem wise to point anything at the military in a war zone without first informing them of your presence and assuring them of the nature of the object you will be pointing at them, i.e. it really is a camera!

[river rat]

"Schlesinger said in a statement both Dana and Protsyuk's deaths could have been avoided."

Roger that, you can keep free lance "journalists" out of combat zones.

Embed, or run the risk of getting killed.
Bullets, once fired --- have no eraser.

Semper Fi

[tbeatty]

"Journalist" is still one of the safest occupations although they would have you believe otherwise.

[Delta 21]

Depending on the size of the camera, viewing angle, current battlefield situational awareness, fog of war, and weather or not his last story painted me in a good light, I just may mistake him for a bad guy with a LAW or Stinger who is about to blast me....sorry dude, you should have stayed back at the al-Rashid hotel that day.

[clee1]

I buy it! Looks like a missile launcher to me.

[Bonaparte]

Why does the media have to be in these combat zones? They pretty much make up their "facts" as they go along anyway, so they may as well just stay home and write their "stories." Then they can use actors to stage their photographs. It's not like they don't already have plenty of practice.

[ApplegateRanch]

If it looks dangerous, shoot; if it shoots back shoot more until it quits moving.

What do they want, paintballs, and hope the enemy plays fair by falling over when splatted?

[Radix]

Reuters said it could not agree that the death of Dana, a prize-winning Palestinian cameraman, was justified....

Funny how Reuters does not ever seem to have a problem with endless subjective negative portrayals of American troops and US policies.

Their outrageous bias in the reporting of news is not likely to win over the hearts and minds of persons who actually think that a fanatical Palestinian reporter who did an outrageously stupid act (which got himself killed) is worthy of sympathy.

It might be better that Reuters would advise it's propaganda surrogates to stay out of the way of military vehicles in hostile environments while carrying equipment which looks very much like combat gear when silhouetted. Morons!

[Enduring Freedom]

Palestinian.

Hmmm.

[Ichneumon]

Reuters said it could not agree that the death of Dana, a prize-winning Palestinian cameraman, was justified and called for the urgent implementation of recommendations in the report to improve the safety of journalists in war zones.

Um, okay, how about this recommendation then: "Journalists in war zones should either be embedded with the troops (so that the troops know who/where they are), or else take cover until the shooting stops, so that they won't appear to be a combatant."

Either that, or make sure your life insurance is paid up, and take your chances.

[American_Centurion]

There is no solution to this, safety rules for those not within the command structure of a unit in combat is assinine.

If they want to be safe, then they can ride with our troops under our control, then we can better assure their safety.

If they want to walk around, filming whatever they want, whenever they want, they have to understand that a war zone is a dangerous place.

I feel no remorse for a dead journo, he joined up same as a soldier, except he can quit if he really doesn't want to go.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Sounds like a raw deal for GIs. If journalist are sacrosanct, suicidal terrorists will masquerade as journalists. Reuters wants to trade the lives of many GIs to make things safer for twits running around in a war zone pointing cameras. You may notice that although there are 1000's of hours of WW-II footage available, very little shows live hostile fire. When the shooting started, the camera men took cover.