[rwfromkansas]

He shouldn't be second-guessing himself. I am dogmatic about the need for journalists to be objective, btw. But, Quite frankly, by reporting on the war from the frontlines, that creates a pro-war perspective by itself and it is not necessarily wrong since you can't avoid it...it comes with being in the midst of battle.

The objecive, "here is what is happening pro and con" reports should be left to the writers in the newsrooms back home.

[WOSG]

"But, Quite frankly, by reporting on the war from the frontlines, that creates a pro-war perspective by itself"

not sure about that ... I think honest reporting from the front lines during WWI would have created a sense of the uselesness of military action. thousands of lives for a few yards of dirt?

I think factual reporting ends up showing up the good guys, which is what USA is in this case.