i think that most people are skeptical no matter what is done or said by anyone. that will not change no matter how much information is available. i have noticed that the media in the field suddenly turned into instant military analysts as well which cant possibly be a good thing.
in general, i think its probably does more good than harm.
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The embedded reports can't report - they have to hide when the shooting starts... so nothing really ever gets shown. They get pictures of tanks being blown up after they are abandoned, pictures of tanks firing at far away targets, but no real action, no real stories
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i certainly would not agree with the above since i have been watching them report in the middle of fire fights and rocket attacks. "can't report" is a pretty strong way to characterize the effectiveness of putting so many journalists directly in the middle of battles. never in the past did the world have access to so much information, so quickly as they do today.