Media and War

To be a journalist, one must detach themselves from their current story and look at thing objectively; this can be difficult that that journalist is thrown into a war zone. War journalists have completely different experience; they in the action, experiencing it all first hand. Objectivity is difficult to maintain when one’s life is in danger.

A journalist’s job is to be a witness. One of the biggest issues for a war reporter is to remain detached. Sometimes journalists can be doubted, or even doubt themselves, because of who much of their own feelings, such as patriotism, they are allowing into their work.

Even something as important as a war, gets mixed up in petty network ratings "wars". Networks such a CNN and Fox News. All of the various types of reporting get labeled, such as pro-war and anti-war. Once labeled, anything is fair game for attack. The media should be devoted to reporting what is happening to the best of their abilities. The information for the masses should not be part of a political agenda.