“Would that it were so! ... That the American military were targeting journalists.” MilitaryJournalistAmerican Military Author:Ann Coulter
“The military mind tends to be conservative, realistic and historical. The civilian mind tends to be liberal, idealistic and Utopian. Journalists, obviously, are civilians, and they tend to distrust, and to suspect, the military's motives.” MindMilitaryHistoricalConservativeJournalistMotiveSuspectsRealisticDistrustCiviliansUtopianIdealistic Author:Mark Riebling
“As journalist, I'm responsible to the American people, not to the military of the United States.” PeopleStatesUnitedUnited StatesMilitaryResponsibleJournalist Author:Amy Goodman
“Actions speak louder than words. The reality is that at least 10 journalists have been killed by the US military, and according to reports I believe to be true journalists have been arrested and tortured by US forces.” BelieveHas BeensRealityActionSpeakForceI BelieveMilitaryBeing TrueJournalistReportsArrestedActions Speak Louder Than WordsUs MilitaryActions Speak Louder Author:Eason Jordan
“Under Syrian law, a journalist is not allowed to report on military matters. This may be wrong or right, but that's just the way it is.” WayMayMatterLawMilitaryJournalistReportsWrong Or Right Author:Bashar al-Assad
“Being an American journalist can put people on the defensive. In countries where people assume the press is partisan, like in Lebanon, or where it had essentially become an extension of the government, like in Iraq, people tend to see a journalist as an agent of his or her government. That can be dangerous if the United States military is occupying their country, or aligned with their enemies.” PeopleIfsCountryStatesGovernmentUnitedEnemyUnited StatesMilitaryDangerousPressesAssumingIraqAgentsJournalistExtensionsPartisansLebanonUnited States Military Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“If you look at the Associated Press wires, there's a constant flow of information coming in. At that time I happened to have direct access to AP wires. The day the marines landed in Haiti and restored [ Jan Bètran] Aristide there was a lot of excitement about the dedication to democracy and so on. But the day before the marines landed, when every journalist was looking at Haiti because it was assumed that something big was happening, the AP wires reported that then [Bill] Clinton administration had authorized Texaco to ship oil illegally to the military junta.” IfsLooksBigsDemocracyHappenedMilitaryInformationHappeningsFlowDirectBillsPressesConstantClintonOilAccessShipsAdministrationJournalistExcitementDedicationMarineWireHaiti Author:Noam Chomsky
“Because I didn't see war in Iraq through the partisan lens that seems to dominate a lot of the perspective today with Fox News on the one side and MSNBC on the other, I didn't see it as Democrats good, Republicans bad. I saw it as a situation where the United States is a force that engages in these military operations around the world, and it's the job of journalists to provide the American people with information they can use to make informed decisions.” PeopleWorldWarTodayDecisionSituationMilitaryPerspectiveRepublicanDemocratJournalist Author:Jeremy Scahill
“I will say that the difference was that when you're an Army journalist, as opposed to a civilian correspondent covering the military, you're very often either a public relations agent or expected to perform that role. I would say that one of the most unexpected benefits of that job was being taught to never try to cover anything up, but rather to get any bad information out right away, so that there would be nothing more to come out later. This was a wonderful lesson to be taught because often the effort to cover up a story becomes a bigger story than the original one.” TryingEffortWonderfulMilitaryArmyRelationJournalistUnexpectedPublic Relations Author:Clarence Page