On The Menu: Should War Correspondents Get Background Checks?

Today on the media- bistro.com Morning Media Menu podcast, co-hosts Jason Boog of GalleyCat and AgencySpy‘s Matt Van Hoven discussed the day’s biggest media headlines, including the U.S. government’s decision to perform background checks on any journalist planning to embed with the military. After discussing whether or not the background checks are fair or necessary — and what their consequences may be — Jason and Matt talked about the neutrality of war correspondents.

“American journalists are a little biased, they’re the American solider’s side,” Jason said.