All three of our armed forces have websites and newspapers which purport to include 'News'. However, on closer examination they very rarely include any 'bad' news, which leads me to the conclusion that they do not take a balanced view and only 'spin' good news. This makes them little more than propaganda in my view.
I recall a few years ago that a Petty Officer had been accused of murder, which was widely reported in the proper press but got no mention in Navy News. Even today four soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment, are due before a military court accused of smuggling guns out of Iraq, but there is no mention of this on the Army website, so don't be surprised your letter to the RAF News wasn't published.
Link to BBC report on Army gun smugglers:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/n...re/6167735.stm
Link to MoD/British Army report on Army gun smugglers:
There isn't one!!!
The serving sailors/soldiers/airmen of our Armed Forces are not stupid and have access to a wide variety of media info, so start some honest reporting of everything of interest, not just the positive
PR bits.