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To: stockman_scott who wrote (13713)	2/28/2003 6:00:12 PM
From: Skywatcher	Respond to of 89467

Very encouraging the that WAR FOR FREEDOM is being Censored....Worse than the last time. We will never know.... CC

To: stockman_scott who wrote (13713)	2/28/2003 6:54:55 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 89467

Media and the military: Strange bedfellows The Pentagon says it will give the media what the media has been demanding - access to the front lines in any war with Iraq......... news organizations around the country got word from the Pentagon that they had more than 500 slots for "embedding" journalists with troops........ The decision represents an about-face from Desert Storm. In that campaign, the armed forces pooled a few reporters to represent all. The rest - the vast majority - got nowhere near the action....... Before long, they got it. The Pentagon said it would embed reporters, if they agreed to ground rules designed to safeguard military secrets. The Pentagon said the rules "are in no way intended to prevent release of derogatory, embarrassing, negative, or uncomplimentary information." stltoday.com If war starts, battle coverage to be unprecedented dcmilitary.com Preparing For War With time running out in Iraq, journalists underwent hostile-environment training, struggled to get into shape--and debated whether the Pentagon would keep its promises of greater openness during combat. ajr.org Schanberg's Take on the Pentagon's Media Rules ....... His reaction? He's impressed by the Pentagon's promise of media access and long list of what will be "releasable." It appears to be a "big leap forward" from the military's shutting off (or jerking around) reporters in the country's most recent armed conflicts......Many of the new ground rules Schanberg finds sensible or benign.... mediainfo.com