Can journalists report objectively on war

Reporting on War By Mark Donaldson

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Can journalists be both objective and patriotic in covering wars? If that’s what the public wants at the time then yes.

What effects can embedding journalists in military units have on the nature of news reported?

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Layton said “I included a reference to this episode but I handled it gingerly and didn’t completely report what I saw. I’m still not sure whether I made the right choice then or now.” (Seib, 2004) From - “Technology and empathy: The new war journalism” in Beyond The Front Lines: How The News Media Cover a World Shaped By War (2004)

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Which means our neutral friends the Swiss could just cover everyone’s wars and everyone would be happy. Australia’s next war correspondents?

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