War and the death of news: reflections of a grade B reporter

Description

Drawing on his experiences as a journalist and a soldier, the respected former BBC correspondent provides a moving, personal account of war -- its futility and its failures -- and an impassioned take on what we've lost in twenty-first century reporting. The dangers we face today from international terrorism are unprecedented, and TV news, no longer being an eyewitness, censors real world violence and peers across frontiers with the help of unverifiable videos. War and the Death of News is a compelling account of where we have come from and where we now stand, by one of the outstanding TV journalists of our time.;Once a soldier -- Geunyeli -- Undertones of war -- Lessons of Vietnam -- Victor's justice -- The something must be done club -- The violent screen -- Never wrong for long -- The age of the embed -- The language of war -- 'Trust me... I'm a journalist' -- 'Totally unsuited to politics...' -- No man's land -- Terrorism and jihad -- Iraq, the reckoning -- Observations -- Golden rules of TV news -- The death of news. Once a soldier -- Geunyeli -- Undertones of war -- Lessons of Vietnam -- Victor's justice -- The something must be done club -- The violent screen -- Never wrong for long -- The age of the embed -- The language of war -- 'Trust me... I'm a journalist' -- 'Totally unsuited to politics...' -- No man's land -- Terrorism and jihad -- Iraq, the reckoning -- Observations -- Golden rules of TV news -- The death of news.