2006-07-18 01:02:16 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
Because the civilian population is very interested in everything the military does- even if it doesn't understand the motives. This gets ratings. What gets even more ratings is when our service members die- especially if there's film. The one thing that gets more ratings than that is when our service members do something they shouldn't.
2006-07-18 01:06:14 · answer #1 · answered by AJ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um, besides Geraldo Rivera during Gulf War 1 and Robert Novak during Plamegate, what strategies have they "given out"? Everything I've seen was released to the press already. Some may have not been big news stories (e.g. the economic strategy for defeating terrorists NYT got slapped with) but they certainly weren't secret.
2006-07-19 02:11:45 · answer #2 · answered by adphllps 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Due to the simple fact that most members of the media, while being psuedo-intelligent, are, by and far, a bunch of dumbasses. I could give a number of reasons, but it's just that simple. They don't think before they report.
2006-07-18 08:54:14 · answer #3 · answered by Eric B 38 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋