All Of The Facts, Please
The CBS report, Deadly Attack On CBS News Crew, doesn’t go beyond the media involvement.
CNN is better with their report, 2 CBS News staff, U.S. soldier killed in Iraq blast:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Four people, including a U.S. soldier and two members of a CBS News crew, were killed Monday when a bomb ripped through the U.S. military convoy in which they were traveling.
CBS said cameraman Paul Douglas, 48, who was based in London, and sound tech James Brolan, 42, were killed in the blast.
The U.S. military said a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi contractor also were killed in the attack on their convoy. (Watch activity around the charred vehicle at the blast site — :46)
Six U.S. soldiers and CBS correspondent Kimberly Dozier were wounded in the attack, the military said.
The CBS crew was imbedded with the 4th Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division. They had stopped and gotten out of their vehicles when an IED planted at the site was detonated.
The 4th Infantry Division is based in Fort Hood, Texas, and the two CBS employees are British.
Maybe it’s just me, but I have a responsibility for the soldiers sent to Iraq. The CBS people had a choice. If the media would report the deaths of the American military personnel with as much dispatch as they report the death and injury of journalists, something might actually get done about bringing this mess to an end.
