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Originally Posted by blankall
I seriously doubt this. The media was allowed into Jenin and the reports were no more accurate. In fact, they were downright lies.
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Were they though?
During the 2002 invasion of the West Bank town of Jenin, media barred from the area relied on Palestinian accounts reporting that some 500 people had been massacred. When U.N. officials were later granted access to the site, it was revealed the number of dead was closer to 50.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...nQZ3wD95NS7BO0
That's the risk they took. If stories can't be reported first hand, then fabrications, exaggerations and Chinese whispers occur.
Personally I think it's clear that the mainstream media will report more accurately when they have first hand access to the happenings.