Jacko
journalists will inevitably try to get what they need, and in doing so will get things wrong,
Roughly translated - 'misquoting and twisting the facts' ? - but that was not a personal criticism of you Jacko, simply my opinion of journos in general gained from my lifetime experience of your colleagues efforts to fill their columns and programmes.
I will continue to post my opinions where relevant - and I do not believe in political correctness - but I will not accept that gives you the right to turn it into a personal slanging match that is irrelevant to the thread. I will also continue to make spelling mistakes because my ISS tutor is no longer on this planet (not sure he ever was).
If it interests you, no member of the armed forces of this country is permitted to communicate with the press without permission, so you might continue to have difficulty getting such people to give you your story but it does not mean they have any particular bias against civilians - in fact, nowadays, most live amongst them, socialise with them and are just as civil as they are.