No. I asked why the reporter needs to be beaten or killed. No one explained to me what he did - all I know that he did was shoot some video, release it and make a statement praising Marines in general and saying this incident was strange. The responses I have received have largely bashed the reporter w/o specific reason or, now, me personally. BTW, thanks for that. My question is specific - WHAT DID THE REPORTER DO? Has he made other statements? Has he said the Marine committed murder? WHAT DID HE DO? Personally, I don't see anything wrong with the actions of the Marine. Under the circumstances I surely would have done the same. But I also don't understand why people are angry at the reporter. The closest thing to an answer is that he didn't turn the video over to the Marines, he turned it over to NBC. Maybe I can understand that he made a mistake there, but was that enough to call for his death or a severe beating? Perhaps he's made other statements or committed some act that would make me agree that he needs to be beaten. But as of yet, no one has pointed that out to me.
FWIW, I agree that the reporter did nothing wrong with the possible exception of not turning the tape over to military authorities.
I posted on another thread last night that I couldn't understand what the soldier was thinking. In retrospect, it was an ill-considered comment; I completely understand what must have been going through his head.
What I've come to realize is that allowing running cameras on the front lines is a mistake. Will soldiers now hesitate because they're afraid of how an act will play out on TV, where it's most assuredly seen out of context?
I think it's most likely that both the marine and reporter did their jobs well in this instance. It's the system that put them together in that room that's broken down, and likely will again.