They both deserve respect for going into harm's way. They certainly get mine.See also, from abcnews.go.com:
...Iraq remains the most dangerous place for journalists.Some 60 journalists have been killed in Iraq since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, according to the media watchdog the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ. At least 41 of those were Iraqi, the CPJ said in a recent report.
Other media watchdogs say the toll is higher.
An Iraqi television cameraman was killed in clashes between Sunni rebels and U.S. forces on Jan 24 in the insurgent stronghold of Ramadi on Tuesday.
A cameraman working for Reuters, Dhia Najim, was shot dead during fighting between U.S. Marines and insurgents on November 1, 2004. The exact circumstances of his killing have never been clarified despite requests to the U.S. military from Reuters.
Many journalists have also been taken hostage; some have been killed by their abductors but most have been released unharmed. American journalist Jill Carroll was kidnapped in Baghdad on January 7 and is still missing...
Ironic...
The very media that accuses and derides the military on a daily basis, is beholden to and now dependent upon them to save their lives.
Where most "normal" people would take this situation as an opportunity to reflect back on their views and attitudes regarding the importance of the war against these murderous psychotics, I have no doubt that the liberal media will use it as further "evidence" of a "quagmire", supplying yet another bit of irony--- The terrorists' efforts to gain support from the Iraqi people have been so anemic and unsuccessful, that they are relegated to blowing up their biggest supporters, the media.