Better that the Reporters Just Tell the Story
Los Angeles Times, October 14, 2009
By James Rainey
By offering their views, no matter how well informed, TV war correspondents risk obscuring their most powerful role -- as impartial eyes and ears in places most of us will never see. The blogosphere and cable TV bombard us, 24 hours a day, with self-appointed judges. That confers even more power on the rare few who merely seek to bear witness.
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