I thought this little tidbit from the Wall Street Journal Online interesting. To what level will the media stoop?
This troubling announcement came from the U.S. military Central Command last week:
MOSUL, Iraq--Coalition soldiers questioned two news media cameramen and a reporter after a roadside bomb exploded near a Coalition convoy two kilometers north of Mosul June 3.
The media, who were at the scene prior to the attack, told soldiers at the scene they had received a tip to be at that location prior to the attack and they had witnessed the explosion.
The explosion didn't cause any serious injuries, but it could have. Journalistic independence is all well and good, but when lives are at stake, isn't it incumbent on reporters to pass along such a tip to the authorities? And how come we learned this news from Centcom rather than from any news outlet?
This troubling announcement came from the U.S. military Central Command last week:
MOSUL, Iraq--Coalition soldiers questioned two news media cameramen and a reporter after a roadside bomb exploded near a Coalition convoy two kilometers north of Mosul June 3.
The media, who were at the scene prior to the attack, told soldiers at the scene they had received a tip to be at that location prior to the attack and they had witnessed the explosion.
The explosion didn't cause any serious injuries, but it could have. Journalistic independence is all well and good, but when lives are at stake, isn't it incumbent on reporters to pass along such a tip to the authorities? And how come we learned this news from Centcom rather than from any news outlet?
