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War:
"The first casualty when war comes is truth."
-- Hiram Johnson, US Senator, 1917
War reporting sometimes is depicted as a romantic adventure. Occasionally it may be. More often it is dirty, depressing and dangerous -- the toughest of assignments. In some recent wars, journalists have been deliberately marked for death. So why are journalists drawn to war? Because few stories are more significant. Human lives and the fates of cultures and nations can hang in the balance. For journalists, every war brings a different set of issues. But a constant undercurrent is the struggle over the control of information. |