The dilemma of death-reporters are now targeted in war zones.
. A TRYING-NOT-TO-BE-CAPTIVE AUDIENCE
http://www.latimes.com/news/custom/showcase/la-fg-reporting23jan23.story
"Most Western reporters have determined that their only option is to
turn to the U.S. and British embassies for transportation help,"
writes the Los Angeles Times' Alissa Rubin from Iraq. "The
embassies, with the power to commandeer military helicopters, armed
with gunners and personal security details, allow journalists to
leapfrog the ring of danger around Baghdad and visit the rest of the
country. ... But with the mobility come some hindrances. Western
government officials exert control over the journalists'
itineraries, set up interviews, and decide who and what will be
seen." The Independent's Robert Fisk recently decried "hotel
journalism," writing, "Rarely, if ever, has a war been covered by
reporters in so distant and restricted a way."
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times, January 23, 2005
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