Media Support For Troops

[CWJones411]

Agreed. Matthews is certainly liberal, but I'd consider him one of the more well informed, likable (watchable) journalists on TV. Olbermann is a psycho- even more so than O'Reilly IMO.

however rarely they coincide

 

[OUSOONER]

I'm not biased because I'm Persian..but I really enjoy listening/watching what Christian Amanpour has to say when she does her reporting .
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[m0tbaillie]

however rarely they coincide

Kettle, meet pot.

 

[busdriver]

What this guy did was certainly laudable. But this in no way impairs his objectivity. He acted as any good human would, he helped those in need. The reporters embedded with the military seem to get a bad rap from the Woodward and Bernstein wannabes. It would seem to me that if a guy is following a Marine unit around Iraq, exposed to the same threats day in and day out, at some point he's going to identify with the Marines he's with, it's human nature. It just means he can't be an objective reporter who later interviews an insurgent leader. My biggest problem with the major news reporting is that they tend to push people based on how "sexy" they are. Why in the holy hell is Anderson Cooper a big deal?

 

[picklesuit]

What this guy did was certainly laudable. But this in no way impairs his objectivity. He acted as any good human would, he helped those in need. The reporters embedded with the military seem to get a bad rap from the Woodward and Bernstein wannabes. It would seem to me that if a guy is following a Marine unit around Iraq, exposed to the same threats day in and day out, at some point he's going to identify with the Marines he's with, it's human nature. It just means he can't be an objective reporter who later interviews an insurgent leader. My biggest problem with the major news reporting is that they tend to push people based on how "sexy" they are. Why in the holy hell is Anderson Cooper a big deal?

Because he makes 45 year old white women hot and bothered