Posted on 06/05/2004 12:21:58 PM PDT by BJungNan
NEWS CREW IN IRAQ TIPPED OFF TO LOCATION OF ROADSIDE BOMB DID NOT RELAY INFORMATION TO COALITION CONVOY
MOSUL, Iraq - Coalition soldiers questioned two news media cameramen and a reporter after a roadside bomb exploded near a Coalition convoy two kilometers north of Mosul June 3.
The media, who were at the scene prior to the attack, told soldiers at the scene they had received a tip to be at that location prior to the attack and they had witnessed the explosion.
There was minimal damage to a Coalition vehicle, a cracked windshield, and no serious injuries.
3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division soldiers requested the media accompany them to a base camp in Mosul to answer questions as witnesses to the incident. The news media representatives left the base camp in the mid afternoon.
arrest them all and send them a message.
I am with you on this one. It sure would be nice to find an editor somewhere that could explain such thinking.
Or perhaps someone on here that saw the interviews can explain the rational for sitting by a roadside bomb and waiting to film it blowing someone up. That would be really interesting.
I think that Cal (according to the report earlier on the thread) was asked what he would do if he came upon an accident, not about if he learned in advance of a bomb plot...still, I do not like ANY reporter putting people at risk of death for a story. I have no doubt that most do it all the time.
And I normally like Cal Thomas. If the story is true, shame on him.
Cal Thomas is one of my favorites also. I would have to see what he said to believe it.
I would also like to know more about this apparantly thinking by the press that they should sit by while a life is lost when they could have done something to prevent it. This really needs to be explored. I mean, is this really a cannon of journalism?
Come on your journalist lurkers out there. Chime in on this.
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