The days of the independent, neutral war correspondent, objectively reporting from a war's front lines, are quickly coming to an end. In the future, a war correspondent will either effectively be a soldier for one faction of a conflict, or he will literally not survive in the war zone. Full Story »
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An interesting piece of analysis of the changing role and requirements of war reporting. The author, a former soldier, sees journalists necessarily "choosing sides" just in order to stay alive while reporting on a war. This is due to the fact that combatants have realized how important is information flow, and controlling it is now a big part of waging war. As the author puts it, "Whether they like or not, journalists are in the army now." Pretty chilling thought that necessarily ... More »
Thoughtful analysis of how journalists will cover future wars by a former USMC infantry officer. Omits increasing importance of Special Forces, but same conclusion would hold because few journalists could keep up with them physically or mentally.
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