Winning the Information War in Iraq By Michael McBride Thursday, December 28, 2006
Vietnam forever changed the relationship between the military and the Mainstream Media. I think that the case can be made to some degree that the real issue is between various administrations, their Pentagon inhabitants, and the media not between the media and the troops on the ground. But what happens in this food fight is that the cafeteria fare almost always ends up on the faces, and uniforms of the troops. (good references here A Bright and Shining Lie, Dereliction of Duty, Once Upon a Distant War, The Best and the Brightest, The Pentagon Papers) And all the troops I know are pretty unforgiving when their uniform is stained by someone elses careless behavior, or their reputation is smeared through careless and biased reporting. (Hugh Hewitts interview with LtGen Mattis makes the case here.)
ttp://www.townhall.com/Columnists/MichaelMcBride/2006/12/28/winning_the_information_war_in_iraq
Vietnam forever changed the relationship between the military and the Mainstream Media. I think that the case can be made to some degree that the real issue is between various administrations, their Pentagon inhabitants, and the media not between the media and the troops on the ground. But what happens in this food fight is that the cafeteria fare almost always ends up on the faces, and uniforms of the troops. (good references here A Bright and Shining Lie, Dereliction of Duty, Once Upon a Distant War, The Best and the Brightest, The Pentagon Papers) And all the troops I know are pretty unforgiving when their uniform is stained by someone elses careless behavior, or their reputation is smeared through careless and biased reporting. (Hugh Hewitts interview with LtGen Mattis makes the case here.)
ttp://www.townhall.com/Columnists/MichaelMcBride/2006/12/28/winning_the_information_war_in_iraq
