Not to See the Fallen Is No Favor - New York Times
The military wants the story told one way and a reporter might see it another. In my view, the military has the tendency to look at the press as a guest to their war. No doubt the press is powerful, both at home, abroad, and in the war zone. The sensitivities of publishing a photo of a wounded or killed solder are high. I agree that privacy and the write of the family to receive military notification, but at the same time, it is appropriate for the story, no matter how bloody, to be told for those who care to read it.
It is of deep concern that the military doesn't do more for the press. Small media outlets can't afford to send their people over there, the military doesn't pick up the tab, and you can imagine that they are treated as a lesser class once they are there.
