Saturday, November 24, 2007
The Media - Employing friend or foe?
This story has been around for quite a while.
I'm siding with the U.S. Military on this.
This guy would have the world's best luck in order to be in the "right" place for the pictures he's been awarded for...
I'm siding with the U.S. Military on this.
This guy would have the world's best luck in order to be in the "right" place for the pictures he's been awarded for...
This is from the Investors Business Daily editorial web page:
"The core of the problem is that infiltrating media organizations is very attractive for terrorists who are outnumbered and outgunned. During the Vietnam War, Pham Xuan An, a North Vietnamese intelligence agent, infiltrated the mainstream media, tainted the news with enemy propaganda and got away with it.
End result: Readers are deceived. That AP would risk its credibility for the sake of someone who may have terrorist ties is a breach of objectivity in itself."
