[RedRover]

This is from yesterday, but I didn't see it posted.

Glad we're finally catching on!

[GSlob]

Better to erase the footage than to erase journalists.

[SevenMinusOne]

Glad we're finally catching on!

D*mn straight. OPSEC comes first and foremost. I would have done the exact same thing....no question about it.

[RedRover]

Faux Ping!

[dsc]

I don't think they should be allowed to erase the film unless they also ram the cameras so far up the media slugs' butts that they can take snapshots by blinking their eyes.

"Sorry, sir, it's regulations."

[mabelkitty]

This is hilarious.
He should have said, "What is all the fuss about? I'm sure you already have copes in Photoshop*."




*Photoshop is a well known photo altering software program for those who don't know.

[Dave Elias]

"a homicide bombing"

WTF is "a homicide bombing" (sic).

Surely the whole point of bombing is to commit homicide, it is thus at best a tautology.

Also shouldn't any journalist worth their salt know that it should be "AN homicide bombing"?

[smoothsailing]

YO AP, SAY CHEESE!

[EricT.]

The next war, we need to ban all journalists that don't wear a uniform and arrest any that aren't.

[hsalaw]

"AP's journalists in Afghanistan are trained, accredited professionals"

Pull the other one, AP. No one believes anything you say anymore.

[zarf]

Finally! Bout time we treated a war as a war.

[Lion Den Dan]

Should have erased the propagandists.

[Chgogal]

"The AP also raised concerns about the military's efforts to restrict its coverage of the Feb. 15 crash of a U.S. helicopter in southern Zabul province in which eight soldiers were killed and 14 wounded. Two AP journalists and their vehicle were searched extensively in an effort to prevent footage of the wreckage getting out.

Petrenko justified that action on the grounds of "operational security" exercised when "equipment, aircraft or component parts are classified."

Darn good reason for that search. We lost some good Military Men that day, RIP dear Soldiers/Air Force Tactician. FYI, the reporter got the date wrong. Typical lousy, half-Angle Side Side reporting.

[sgnbrad]

In democratic societies, legitimate journalists are allowed to work without having their equipment seized and their images deleted."

In war torn territories, democratic societies are hard to come by. In democratic socities, so are legitimate journalists...

[caveat emptor]

The [AP] journalists had met requests from the military to not move any closer [than 100 yards] to the bomb site.

MSM employees/contractors shouldn't be allowed within 100 miles of a war zone.

[antiunion person]

We are completely committed to a free and independent press, and we hope that we can help encourage this tradition in places where new and free governments are taking root," Petrenko said.

Hey, isn't that unconstitutional?? Oh, wait a minute, Afghanistan has not constitution, freedom of the press or any other freedom. We should just tell the reporters from AP to cry s river somewhere else. By the way AP, here's a quarter, go call someone who gives a flying sh*t about your problems.

[Beckwith]

The Associated Press are actively supporting the enemy. They shouldn't be allowed in a combat zone.

[R. Scott]

In democratic societies, legitimate journalists are allowed to work without having their equipment seized and their images deleted."

Democracy is a form of government. Censorship is a result of law. They are not mutually exclusive. The “legitimacy” of a journalist is determined by the society, not by the employer. In this case the society is US and NATO military and the Afghanistan government, not AP.
I tried to keep this simple enough that even an AP journalist can understand.

[freema]

Geez, I suppose they want access to all the restricted photography areas on US military bases, too.