I'm trying my best not to sound like a broken record here, but I think that some people weren't listening closely to what Shep said. Looking at your statement, you just stated almost word for word what Shep said in his comment. He pointed out very clearly that every single journalist had an Iraqi official watching every single word they said. He said they were scared to death.
And repeating again, Shep was responding to emails saying that the reporters deserved to die. Shep had that right.