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Originally Posted by epchick
Journalists have gone into Iraq & Afghanistan when it was completely unsafe. There are some journalists in Gaza (like the reporter from Anderson Cooper 360) reporting, while you can hear gunshots in the background.
"Investigative" journalism like this is dangerous. But i'm pretty sure if the Israelis have only lost 10 people since the fighting began, that the journalists might be a little safer.
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But I doubt that Israel could ensure that they'd be safe from Israeli fire, depending on where the press went.
I'm generally happy that we have a free press that we let cover stuff without official approval. That doesn't mean that I think press coverage has to be a high priority for a country engaged in a military action. Our immediate need to know is pretty remote considering the lack of meaningful action available to us.
We want to know so we can decide what we think. At the most, what we think could influence the action of the US government and perhaps a UN resolution or two. We've got some time to figure it out since I'm pretty sure Bush isn't going to do anything before the inauguration, and I think it's unlikely that Obama is going to make a radical change in policy. What a interesting issue for Hillary to manage first.
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