| I agree with Chocobo. But the one thing that even a well presented news story can't replicate is the emotions involved in war. The only way to really understand the harshness is to be there with the troops and understand what it's like to be shot at and survive, or have your buddy get killed right next to you. Embedded reporters experience this, and people critisize them for being too close to report unobjectively. But the reality of it is, it's hard to report something that involves so much emotion in the first place.
I believe the first priority should be OPSEC. Which I'm sure they take care of, and I hope the reporters realize. I don't care what the news saying about bringing the story out. More US troops being killed because some station wanted the better ratings is BS.
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