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Originally posted by Coramoor
Yeah, Thomas Jefferson is commonly referred to as unintelligent...
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And today's media is a whole lot like it was in Jefferson's time. Bad comparison. Most newspapers, magazines and broadcasters leave their horses at home these days.
As for "LIVE" broadcasts which would endanger troops. Most of the newscrews don't have a personal death-wish, so they're not likely to go live from anywhere with any information which will endanger themselves -- or our troopsl. And, in the Vietnam situation, we didn't have live capabilities then.
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"It goes back to the Pentagon Papers. The media cannot be trusted with information, so it is better to give them no information. At least until we know exactly what happened and can give them an accurate account."
Maybe you should think about that one a little. A controlled press is one of the necessities for a dictatorship to survive.
That attitude is one of the reasons that we have a Bill Of Rights -- to protect the Free Press and Freedom of Speech. That covers the media as well, you know.
By the way, freedom of the press and information is one of the things we're trying to give the Iraqis. They sure didn't have it under Sadaam.