Are War Correspondents Putting Themselves In Danger?

Question

I know I know, stupid question but it needs a straight answer. We see the news footage of people like Daniel Pearl and other journalists dying, and people like Anna Politkovskaya assassinated, and I'm just wondering if you think they do it to get the story or to get attention.

One example might be New York's own Anderson Cooper. Cooper, who has his own show on CNN, has often been touted as being the pretty boy of an ugly industry, but his work in Somalia, Niger, Rwanda, and Bosnia is to be admired. Do you think that Cooper, along with his colleagues in the news industry find the danger or does the danger find them?

Answer 1

Some do and many do not. The newsmen/war correspondents who are most at risk are the TV cameramen and the news photographers because they have to be in the front line to obtain the best photos/vision of the war. Journalist can report from a short distance from the actual combat and still get a good report. Many war reporters only visit the field command office while others remain back at their office and file what the military tell them, which is often a lot of "rubbish".

If you check the statistics on who is wounded or killed in combat, it is almost always someone from a TV crew or a news photographer. Rarely a journalist.

Answer 2

Yes, always, just trying to get the news to the American people as your example above cites!

Answer 3

well maybe he should be scared from homophobics