[icernet] Iraq War - The Untold Story

[Arul Selvan]

  The American and the British press have privileged access because, 
after all, its their war. So, even though, they are taken to Umm Qasr 
and to the outskirts of Basra, they report on how the Coalition troops 
are organising humanitarian relief. They are not doing any stories about 
the suffering of the Iraqi people. There are two wars being fought in 
Iraq. The first is the dramatic 24-hour reality show called Operation 
Iraqi Freedom. In this war, the reality of this reality show is 
determined by a simple but effective adage: your access is dependent 
on the troops you have on the ground. This is what Colonel Chris 
Vernon, spokesman for the British land forces told a German reporter in 
response to a question that questioned the biased handling of the 
international press by the Coalition Forces. The other war is the battle 
being fought in the shadows, where there are neither embedded reporters 
nor independent journalists.

Source:
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=21660

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