VITAMEDIAS
The myth of the objective war correspondent: "It's hard for reporters to turn loose of a paradigm that is so thoroughly drummed into them," says the Miami Herald's Glenn Garvin, who covered the troubles in Central America for more than a dozen years, often hiking the high country with the Contras. "But it's inconceivable to me that anybody who goes out into a combat situation is not sympathetic with the guys they're traveling with."
"The closer you get to war, the less practical it is to write a balanced story. While traveling with a Marine patrol, you can't get comments from Iraqi troops," Garvin says. "It's not journalism at its finest."