http://afghanistan.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/03/taliban-attempt-attack-on-kandahar-air-base/
The article I read was only on CNN and it was a bout a failed Taliban attack on an air base in Kandahar Afghanistan. I feel that this article was not the other news agencies because it is expected that the insurgents are constantly trying to carry out attacks. CNN reports that 6 insurgents were killed while only two civilians and one ISAF soldier were only slightly injured.
Although I can understand why other networks would chose to not report on this, I still see how it is important to know everything. Even though the attack was a failure it was still an attack, and if attacks go unreported people can get the wrong message about progress in Afghanistan. People need to know that it is not all quiet on the battlefield.
I agree that people have a right to know what happens but only to a certain extent. The public does not need to know what the specifics nor does it need to know what our response is going to be before we do it. With the globalization of today's media any and all information that is sent out can be read by anyone and can cause multiple problems.
ReplyDeleteI agre the media just sweeps everything under the rug We should be able to know everything.
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