The upcoming issue of American Journalism Review has a story about Iraq war coverage, titled “Obstructed View.” The subhead and thesis: “Extreme danger and sky-high security costs have diminished the press corps in Iraq and severely limited access to a deepening morass. The result is a clouded picture of perhaps today’s most important news story.” Here’s an excerpt:
| The networks, whose crews are highly visible when they are covering a story, participate in a weekly conference call to share the latest intelligence reports. Competition goes out the window when safety is involved, says John Stack, Fox News Channel’s vice president for newsgathering. “What makes this war different,” Stack says, “is that at least in certain cycles, journalists themselves were the targets, and that hadn’t been the case in previous conflicts.” |
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