Re: Iraq update
- From: "Shawn Wilson" <ikonoqlast@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 12:51:08 -0700
"John Phillips" <jsphillips1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>> Huh? The point of "embedding" reporters is that they see only what the
>>> US armed forces want them to see. Traditionally journalists made their
>>> own way and reported on what they saw, including talking to both sides
>>> of the conflict.
>>
>>
>> Yeah, reporters making their own way worked SO well in Vietnam...
>
> A Free Press leads to nothing but trouble. The only way to Protect Freedom
> is for the government to assume full control of the media, right Shawn?
That free press of yours didn't protect freedom in South Vietnam, did it?
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