U.S. Troops Exhibiting Hostility to Media
Via Behind the Homefront.....American troops in Iraq are becoming more antagonistic to the media:
Media people have been detained, news equipment has been confiscated and some journalists have suffered verbal and physical abuse while trying to report on events. Although the number of incidents involving soldiers and journalists is difficult to gauge, anecdotal evidence suggests it has risen sharply the past two months.
The Associated Press has complained to the Pentagon about the hostile treatment.
``The effect has been to deprive the American public of crucial images from Iraq in newspapers, broadcast stations and online news operations,'' wrote Stuart Wilk, managing editor of The Dallas Morning News.
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