Once more, the foul birds of the globalized news media are on the scent of a fresh carcass, Circling slowly around the fetid product of their own indifference. Some Pentagon officers complain about the tight lid placed on information about the NATO air strikes in Kosovo. We d love to tell our story, says one.
Every dark day has a silver lining.
Just ask all-news network CNN, which issued a press release late on Tuesday bragging about their big TV ratings increase during NATO's bombing of Kosovo. A CNN spokesman refused to comment on the practice of issuing vaunting press releases over such tragic developments. I believe democracy flourishes when the government can take legitimate steps to keep its secrets and when the press can decide whether to print what it knows. Overcoming The Vietnam Syndrome is the key mantra in the new breed of virtual war pioneered during Desert Storm. We get night after night of breathless reports from 5 Star hotel rooftops as American missiles rain down.