And true, most of the major TV outlets are completely in the bag for the Pentagon, with two of them (NBC/GE and Logan’s own CBS, until recently owned by Westinghouse, one of the world’s largest nuclear weapons manufacturers) having operated for years as leaders in both the broadcast media and weapons-making businesses.
But is that enough to guarantee a level playing field? Can a general really feel safe that Americans will get the right message when the only tools he has at his disposal are a $5 billion P.R. budget and the near-total acquiescence of all the major media companies, some of whom happen to be the Pentagon’s biggest contractors?
Does the fact that the country is basically barred from seeing dead bodies on TV, or the fact that an embedded reporter in a war zone literally cannot take a shit without a military attaché at his side (I’m not joking: while embedded at Camp Liberty in Iraq, I had to be escorted from my bunk to the latrine) really provide the working general with the security and peace of mind he needs to do his job effectively?
Apparently not, according to Lara Logan. Apparently in addition to all of this, reporters must also help out these poor public relations underdogs in the Pentagon by adhering to an “unspoken agreement” not to embarrass the brass
Good zingers in this article. It is apparent that pretty Lara is a shill for the government. A shame.
Lara’s nicy-nice approach explained here.
Found by Chris Clark.
When you (John C Dvorak), have worked in war zones and built a respectable body of work in REAL reporting, not if the next macbook will be 16 or 17 inches, you will have earned the right to criticize her.
You make us laugh and we enjoy you on Cranky Geeks, but one thing John C Dvorak will NEVER be called is “a respected journalist”.
Call me when you’re doing a piece for 60 minutes.
#41 Bite my shiny metal ass
#41 — I’m respected by my banker. And looking at the way things are. That’s a good thing.
#41, Remember the sex scandal when she slept with a soldier a few years back. Hardly objective.
Anyone who laps up the bullshit being fed to us by the mainstream media is a fool. She is a perfect example. But she’s pretty and that means #41 and his type will leap to defend her. Must be why Fox has so many hot females on their news shows these days. Most guys think with their dicks.
And then there’s Mr Fish