What is the difference between the two, in terms of media coverage of the two wars?
The difference in the media coverage of the two wars is enormous. The biggest difference is that in the Iraq war, a journalist has to be with the American forces to cover the war safely. That is, he or she must be embedded. Embedding has its advantages and disadvantages. The biggest advantage is that you know whats happening first hand. Since you are with the units, you get a much detailed and clearer picture at a local level. One of the disadvantages of embedding is that you may have a hazy picture of the overall battlefield. And certainly it does colour your coverage. How was it when you were covering the war? We could not go to the places where battles were taking place. Some American journalists went with the soldiers, who were then dropped back at Saigon to file their reports. Were they embedded journalists? No. They would be brought back the same day or maybe the next for sending their stories. So they were in constant touch with other reporters and colleagues. They were getting
