An ABC News cameraman and reporter were wounded by an IED yesterday and you would think — from the media coverage — that this was akin to Ted Kennedy going scuba diving at Chappaquidick.
I’m sure there is one helluva take home discrepancy between a news gatherer and a grunt. Affiliated journalists — generally — make pretty good bucks, and for that money have to assume the same risks the grunts do. C’est la guerre, c’est l’argent.
There have been some really good war reporters — Pyle, Fall and Galloway come to mind — and their passing should be noted (Joe Galloway is still alive, by the way), but they’re just doing a well-compensated job. It ain’t the end of the world when a reporter gets it. Don’t treat it as if it is.
By the way: the rest of the media is already starting to make the reporter half of the duo out to be a mix of the three aforementioned journalists with Audie Murphy thrown in for good measure. Cut the crap; he and the cameraman were standing in armored vehicle hatches reporting the war when a roadside bomb went off. Period.
An Iraqi soldier was also injured in the incident.
To add to the stupidity, ABC news just announced (around 1600 LT) that IED's ("hidden bombs," ABC calls 'em) are the thing GIs fear most.
Gee, ya think so?
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