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For example, the flow of information from Iraq. The government gets to select which images and what stories get to hit the news wire through the sanitation and release of stories to the media.
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Really? Hmmm....seems to me i watched a CNN report from Bagdahd last night...the guy was on a rooftop looking over the city. Was he instructed as to what he coud or could not say by the "government? Just asking.
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The government has made sure that rougue reporters no longer can cruise the countryside reporting what they like.
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Uhhh...OK. I dont suppose that the ritual kidnapping and beheadings of foreign nationals INCLUDING journalists is having any effect whatsoever on where a reporter goes or not huh?
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Reporters are now assigned (the term the government likes to use is the more friendly "buddied up") to units and live and eat with these guys. They not only gain a level of familiarity with the unit but also begin to fall into line with what the unit says and does. Its an interesting strategy that the military has used and has been very effective in getting out the story that the government wants in this regard. To add to the complexity of this, because the reporters are assigned to aunit the military gets to review all information to be released and has to approve everything to be broadcast, for security reasons. You only see the information that they want you to see
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Pure and utter BS. Prove it man. Sure DURING the march across the desert from Kuwait and other points, reporters were "imbedded" with units...its the first time we were able to watch whatever happened live and in color. Since the declaration of "major conflicts" ending...reporters are allowed to go where ever they wish.
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Believe it or not, but the information you see on the news rarely confirms with the infromation the government has. Even at the local municipal level the information is not released without being fully sanitized. Its amazing to be privy to the actual reports of an incident and see the information release in the media. Its not one and the same. The government has much more control over the information you get and have access to than you will ever want to know. Anyone who has worked with government information and record systems or in the intelligence branch will confirm this.
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OK...if you say so. Any proof of this, or is this just your opinion?
And again....who are these pople that control media that you peak of? Republicans or Democrats? Still waiting for the answer.