NationStates Jolt Archive

Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein stands about 10 feet away and takes pictures as the mujahideen try to kill American troops.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041108/481/bag11911081443

Perhaps he should have thrown his camera at them and hoped it ricocheted off of the first guy and hit the other two guys?

Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein stands about 10 feet away and takes pictures as the mujahideen try to kill American troops.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041108/481/bag11911081443
I wasn't aware that "kill the ragheads" was part of the AP's job. I thought that it was just to report on the news. Silly me.

He could have screamed "LOOK A BIRD" and then stole the launch tube while they weren't looking....

Oh and insurgent doesn't always equal mujahideen. They could be Iraqis....

mmmmm Hell, there isnt a job in this world that doesnt need a bit of advertising! I guess those guerillas just want to show on tv!

Perhaps he should have thrown his camera at them and hoped it ricocheted off of the first guy and hit the other two guys?

Or at least a 3 Stoogies slap. ;)

I wasn't aware that "kill the ragheads" was part of the AP's job. I thought that it was just to report on the news. Silly me.

Get with the program!

You know the dirty commie media wants amercian soldiers to die! :rolleyes:

At least we're getting both sides of the fighting.

Instead of standing there taking photos of the insurgents, he could have pointed them out to the american soldiers and then photgraphed them getting rounded up. Hmmm, I guess dead american soldiers is better.

Eh, he's press, not a soldier. They are not supposed to get involved.

Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein stands about 10 feet away and takes pictures as the mujahideen try to kill American troops.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/041108/481/bag11911081443
Is that "Abetting"? Isn't abetting encouraging someone to commit a crime? What evidence is there of that? How do you know from one picture what the photographer was doing in that position? There could have been insurgents to either side of him, weapons drawn. In any case, why should a reporter put his life in danger? Consider that he may have been afraid? Are any of us going to sacrifice our lives so men who joined up (and presumably knew what they were getting into) may have a better chance of not being hurt? You said it yourself: the guy is a photographer, not a soldier.

The press are there with both sides, if hed so much as opened his mouth hed be dead, so I dont blame him.
Seeing both sides is essential as it makes it harder for the governments to cover up events and a more balanced, realistic view is the result.

Press can't expect neutrality if they actually start interfering. If they lose all semblance of neutrality, they get shot at and can't do their job... which is reporting, not shooting.

Additionally, I believe the AP will take photographs submitted by people on both sides of the story, no?

Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein stands about 10 feet away and takes pictures as the mujahideen try to kill American troops.



He is press. His right to take the picture is protected in our Constitution. A cornerstone freedom of the USA's constitution. Perhaps you are not a citizen of the USA and did not know this commonly held and understood principle in the States. :rolleyes:

Without a free and liberal press, citizens would be at the mercy of their government to inform them and in the past and in the present this doesn't work so well.

It is uncomfortable to see images of forces hostile to fellow Americans in combat, I am thankful I am able to bear witness.

You of course realize that the men in the picture would have fired at the Americans regardless of the photographers presence. And if the photographer, in a moment of self disregard, attempted to intervene, he would no longer have been protected as a journalist and likely killed or taken hostage.

Jeesh, try and use your head a little.

Wahoo!
ScoMo

The press's safety is based on the idea that they're neutral, that they won't take sides in the conflict. That's the way it has been for years, and it's not going to change anytime soon. You might as well get over yourself.

Press can't expect neutrality if they actually start interfering. If they lose all semblance of neutrality, they get shot at and can't do their job... which is reporting, not shooting.

Additionally, I believe the AP will take photographs submitted by people on both sides of the story, no?
long ago ...They have already lost all semblance of neutrality...and they do get shot...

The pic? ...It was Purchased by AP... Probably from Al-Jazeera.