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Originally posted by DeltAlum
So, if nobody knows about it, did it really happen?
"Fallujah Video Has Congressman Calling For Reporter Ban
Associated Press
CAPITOL HILL - The videotaped shooting of a Fallujah combatant by a US Marine has evoked strong emotions in the Arab world and on Capitol Hill.
Texas Democrat Sylvestre Reyes says it's time to rethink the presence of embedded reporters in combat zones. During a hearing of the House Armed Services Committee, Reyes compared it to a football game, saying "we don't want to know everything that's going on the field." Reyes says this is not censorship. In his words, "We should not be providing the Al-Jazeera the kind of propaganda they've had the last couple of three days."
Marine Corps commandant General Michael Hagee disagrees, saying embedded reporters have actually worked very well and inform the American public about "what these great young Americans are doing over there."
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I've heard about tools like this... people that have attacked the reporter's character and called him a traitor because he reported this incident. The level of stupidity that this line of reason requires you to hold to is unfathomable to me (even after 11 pints).
Basically my worry is this: without incidents like this being reported, or recorded then they will not be procecuted... and that is one giant step in losing both the moral/ethical highground and the locals hearts & minds.
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