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'Truth is the first casualty of War.' Discuss with reference to journalism from the Crimean War to Iraq 2003.
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'Truth is the first casualty of War.' Discuss with reference to journalism from the Crimean War to Iraq 2003. A journalist would always like to believe that it is their responsibility to report the truth, and most would go to great lengths to achieve this. However, when it comes to war reporting there has always been a battle for the truth, and a mass of debates over the right of passage for a journalist onto the front lines. The relationship between the media and the military has always been uneasy. On the one hand there is the media's perceived duty to serve the public and demonstrate the right to know the truth in time of conflict, yet on the other hand the media is forced to observe the demands of 'operational security' from the military in western liberal democracies. The actions decided on for controlling the media and the public's right...
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