This interview explores the difficulty experienced by professional journalists who document the War in Iraq. Since conditions in the combat zone make it impossible for them to operate without being "embedded" with US troops, they can work only under the protection of, and therefore with the cooperation of, the military. While the rules of their "arrangement" are clear, the enforcement of the procedures is understandably left in the hands of the military there on the ground, leaving open the possibility that the military can control what gets media coverage. Very informative piece from a member of the select group involved.

The interview is a good example of journalism to protect the freedom of journalism from government censorship. When the government censors the publication of any photos or news that depicts the horrors of war, we become a nation of war blinded to the costs of war. After hearing this interview, no embedded journalist should be easily trusted.

The term described by the high-handed action in this story is ‘censorship’, plain and simple. Consider an important point: the journalist got into hot water because he published those picture on his blog, not on corporate media. In this era of managed news, corporate management would prohibited their media from touching it. Again, censorship, plain and simple. No administration in history has honed it more perfectly than Cheney, Bush and company. Goebbels has come to America.