Existing comment:
At The Front:
Eyewitness Reporting Changes War Coverage:
The earliest battle reports were the self-promoting propaganda of kings and generals. Later, newspapers used military officers as correspondents, and the officers usually wrote glowing dispatches. Truly independent reporting did not emerge until the wars of the mid-19th century. The U.S. Civil War marked the first time that large numbers of reporters, artists and photographers followed troops into battle. |