The media bring our wars home, but only rarely have they been able to do it in complete freedom.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The media is not at all homogeneous in the way it tells us about war.
For governments at war, the media is an instrument of war or an element in war that is to be controlled.
The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.
But, we didn't have all the media that we do today.
This is all about a media war that continues to rage between the old and new media. Unfortunately for our soldiers, these brave Americans are caught in the crossfire.
We need a free media, not just freedom of speech.
The freedom of the press works in such a way that there is not much freedom from it.
Wars tend to be very public things, they are visible. There are correspondents traveling with the troops and you get daily dispatches.
Unfortunately, the media, which are not at all reluctant to act in their own self-interest, have succeeded in equating reform in the public mind with further restrictions on just about everyone else's freedom of political speech.
The media can be a really strong vehicle.
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