Journalists, you’re in the army now
TCS Daily
by Robert Haddick
06/06/07
The days of the independent, neutral war correspondent, objectively reporting from a war’s front lines, are quickly coming to an end. In the future, a war correspondent will either effectively be a soldier for one faction of a conflict, or he will literally not survive in the war zone. In today’s media age, the requirement for combatants to shape perceptions about the nature of a conflict, and the necessity of denying that ability to the enemy, are more crucial than firepower and logistics, the traditional measures of battlefield dominance. Successful media operations energize a faction’s supporters and demoralize its enemies. When effective, this is more important than squadrons of fighter-bombers or train-loads of assault rifles. Whether they like or not, journalists are in the army now...
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=060607A
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Haddick
by Robert Haddick
06/06/07
The days of the independent, neutral war correspondent, objectively reporting from a war’s front lines, are quickly coming to an end. In the future, a war correspondent will either effectively be a soldier for one faction of a conflict, or he will literally not survive in the war zone. In today’s media age, the requirement for combatants to shape perceptions about the nature of a conflict, and the necessity of denying that ability to the enemy, are more crucial than firepower and logistics, the traditional measures of battlefield dominance. Successful media operations energize a faction’s supporters and demoralize its enemies. When effective, this is more important than squadrons of fighter-bombers or train-loads of assault rifles. Whether they like or not, journalists are in the army now...
http://www.tcsdaily.com/article.aspx?id=060607A
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Robert+Haddick
rudkla - 8. Jun, 11:51
