Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/01/20

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Real War
From: Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 21:55:56 -0500

ah, so you think the military might spontaneously have decided to 
lighten up?

nice to meet an optimist

take a peek at the front-line coverage of the war in Afghanistan

oh, hang on, there wasn't any

what, none at all?

nope, none

are we getting the picture?

(no, unfortunately)

There is absolutely NO advantage to the military to permit media access 
to hot combat zone, since they cannot predict what the media will find 
there, and it is extremely unlike to be flattering (dead bodies are 
like that). The only circumstances under which they will allow it are 
(a) when they are forced to by orders from above, generally political 
or (b) they want to sabotage the politicians who have got them into 
this mess or (c) they are trying to leverage themselves over another 
rival branch of the armed forces.

JB

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 09:36  PM, Adam Bridge wrote:

>> If you are referring to Bush Sr.'s Gulf war, then you just go the
>> library and read back issues NYR of B and Harpers for extensive
>> coverage and commentary on the military's control of media access.
>> There were other publications as well but that is where I read of it.
>
> The issue was current not past.

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