MEDIA AND THE MILITARY

Media and the Military

Abstract

Back in 1973, there was a change in the relationship between the media and military and their dealings for the safety of the country. But in 1990 it has changed dramatically. There is always a deep relationship between Media and Military. Media is responsible for providing authenitic and accurate news to the general public whereas the Military's role is to protect the general public. If we consider the media to be the only tool for the state in the past, we can also consider it as the members who can reflect the society seemingly as an individual. The Vietnam War changed the relationship between the media and the military. It has changed the rules of engagement for journalists who accompany the armed forces in war zones, and also changed the feelings of the local population against journalists, increasingly considered targets by factions in the field.The news which media publishes should be the actual truth of what is happening in and outside their country. In the past and the modern occasion, media continues to play an important role as an agent for the development of the media ethos.

Media and the Military

Introduction

A Brief Description of the Professions

There is no written ethical code or mandated list of qualifications for members-is composed of reporters, editors and business managers who have two missions: objective news reporting and profit making. Print media are under tremendous pressure today to compete with the burgeoning visual markets of television and the Internet. Those visually oriented media are under pressure to be the least expensive and highest quality within their own competitive markets. Deadlines still drive reporters to "crash and bum" to get the facts, write the story and land the "page one, above-the-fold byline. " Journalists of any ilk might bristle at this blunt characterization of their business, but most would have to agree with the description. It does not fit all media, but it does fit much of what we know today as the profession of journalism.

It is equally hard to lump the entire US military into one generalized mold, but a brief description for the purposes of comparison is needed. The training of military professional is executed in such a way that their only purpose is to protect the nation and fight against terrorism that is effecting the nation's people. To keep this mission active, military persons have to seceretly execute various various strategies and planning.

To defy that foundation is to infringe the holiness of existence, because it is the lives of America's treasure-its sons and daughters-that are at stake. With those descriptions in mind, a look at where our two cultures have been is in order.

Historical Overview

Few in the US military today remember or appreciate the unique relationship that existed between combat soldiers and reporters such as Ernie Pyle or Walter Cronkite, whose daring deeds in World War II are legend. These reporters created an endearing, and emlitring, legacy that has not been duplicated. They had access to the highest levels of command and had the complete trust of commanders and soldiers alike. Press "censorship" was a concept that reporters of that era understood and accepted. The Korean conflict, our "non declared war," became a transition period when ...