Originally posted by MrRiplEy[H]
A reporters job is to remain neutral and report the events. If they'd take sides they couldn't report anything but biased reports.
Riding with an enemy en route to fight your own countrymen is of course pretty harsh. But not traitorship unless they gave away the troops position to the enemy.
Really? Where does it say that? Where do these pompous Ahole press "reporters" find this definition of a "reporter's" roll? Where does the Constitution provide for "reporter's neutrality" when the country is at war? How many Allied "reporters" ran around with Axis forces during WWII? How about in WWI? How many Northern "reporters" ran around with the Southern forces during the Civil War? How many "reporters" see as their job the broadcasting of enemy propaganda? Are you aware of the meaning of the words "traitor" and "sedition"?
trea·son /ˈtrizən/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[tree-zuhn] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun 1. the offense of acting to overthrow one's government or to harm or kill its sovereign.
2. a violation of allegiance to one's sovereign or to one's state.
3. the betrayal of a trust or confidence; breach of faith; treachery.
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[Origin: 1175–1225; ME tre(i)so(u)n < AF; OF traïson < L trāditiōn- (s. of trāditiō) a handing over, betrayal. See tradition]
—Synonyms 1. Treason, sedition mean disloyalty or treachery to one's country or its government. Treason is any attempt to overthrow the government or impair the well-being of a state to which one owes allegiance; the crime of giving aid or comfort to the enemies of one's government. Sedition is any act, writing, speech, etc., directed unlawfully against state authority, the government, or constitution, or calculated to bring it into contempt or to incite others to hostility, ill will or disaffection; it does not amount to treason and therefore is not a capital offense. 2. See disloyalty.The key words here are in bold. Where do citizens of the US and/or the coalition countries waging war in Afghanistan or Iraq lose their allegiance to the countries they are citizens of? I don't see anything in the US Constitution that allows "reporters" to participate in, or accompany enemy actions against the US, nor does it provide the right to broadcast enemy propaganda just so long as they don't provide the enemy with our troop positions. Also, as far as "unbiased reporting" is concerned how about press reports from the recent Israel/Hizballah conflict? They allowed Hizballah to escort them to see specifically the things only Hizballah wanted them to see which were damaged homes, schools, mosques, etc., yet they sure didn't show (or most of the time even mention) Hizballah launching thousands of rockets into Isralie towns from these very homes. How about CNN admitting a few years ago that they did not broadcast "unbiased" information from within Saddam's Iraq. They never warned anyone that the information CNN provided was filtered and manipulated by the Iraqi government and they continued to broadcast this propaganda for the express purpose of maintaining "access". Access to do what exactly? They were effectively members of the Iraqi propaganda machine. Let's not forget this either, how many news reels in WWII showed Axis snipers shooting American or British troops from the sniper's position?
Oh, I get your point. The press should only be "unbiased" when it's reporting negative things about the US or coalition. "Biased" reporting and broadcasting of propaganda is only acceptable when it damages the US or coalition and members of the Press get a free pass when it comes to loyalty and allegance to their own country. Got it.
