Can the media ever accurately portray the actuality of war?
CH: Well, it could. Whether it ever will, I don’t know. War is so repugnant, and so disgusting, awful and disturbing, that if real images of war were ever seen, people probably wouldn’t be able to watch. They’d be revolted. I think it’s very frustrating for those of us who have been there to come back and see this totally cleaned up vision of war that bears no resemblance to what real combat is like. BH: From your perspective, what are some of the specific failures of press coverage in the War on Terror? CH: Well, they didn’t report. They just repeated the company line. They acted as stenographers for the people in power who were lying to us. That’s not in my view journalism. That’s not why I became a journalist. BH: What are some of the things going on that we’re missing now in Iraq, that the press is totally failing to cover? CH: I don’t think Americans grasp the fact that we’re losing the war. BH: Where do you see the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan going then? CH: Well, we’re going to
