New York Times: We’re Preventing The Military From Getting Their Message Out
And one of their Baghdad correspondents, James Glanz, is proud of it:
As the number of reporters there dwindles further and further because of the difficult conditions we work under, the kind of work they are able to publish becomes very important,” Mr. Glanz said. “This tiny remaining corps of reporters becomes a greater and greater problem for the military brass because we are the only people preventing them from telling the story the way they want it told.
I wasn’t aware that it was the place of reporters to be a “problem” for the “Military brass.” I also didn’t know that it was their job to stop anyone, military or otherwise, from informing the public.
But that attitude is just part of the arrogance of today’s media. These journalists see it as their responsibility to decide what is and is not news, and what you should and should not know.
