And in an NBC report last night, Pentagon correspondent Jim Micloshefski (sp) said, "You will notice the only casulties you see in this report are Northern Alliance soldiers. That's because the Marines locked up reporters so they couldn't take pictures of wounded American soldiers."
The American media refuses to show graphic horror shots of dead and dying people at the World Trade Center...what's different about dead and wounded soldiers. Why on earth would reporters want to take their pictures? What if family members saw their dead loved ones before they were properly notified?
One reporter asked Torie Clark..." Do you have a policy against us taking pictures because you don't want Americans to see dead soldiers? Do you think that would turn Americans against the war?
Clark said the pentagon did not have such a policy, that it was local commanders on the ground who made the decision. Well, shame on her. I think there should be a Pentagon decision, that no one takes pictures of wounded American soldiers.
I want to throw something at the STUPID, IGNORANT reporters everyday during these news conferences. They just will NEVER get it. I wish someone would lock MOST of them up forever(or at least until they get a lesson in WAR). You would think that they would have gotten that lesson after eight of their fellow reporters were killed. Do they still think that they could become their 'friends'? Or is it okay for the military to get shot at but they are immune? I just don't understand their thinking AT ALL! I keep saying COMMON SENSE, COMMON SENSE. I guess all the ivy league schools don't teach COMMON SENSE.