"By all means take the reporters with you, give them 35mm still camera's, give them high fidelity video cameras , let them tell the whole story............3 days later when its all over."
I can find little to disagree with in this statement - though a 6-12 hour opsec delay would surely be adequate before transmission of censored/cleared reports, with the full story following after the war?
I must say that the need to turn everything into live feeds, to cater for the rolling news channels is unnecessary, and mitigates against intelligent reporting and analysis. You just run the images as they come in, with some sketchy commentary by some know-nothing glam TV face who has no knowledge of defence and no real sympathy or empathy with those he accompanies. It's not the news I'd like to be watching, I have to say.
But please don't write us all off with the same broad brush.