Does war make for good TV ( Archived) (4)

Absolutely. C company on CBS in the Nam days. It was almost as good as watching Tour of Duty on TV 20 years later.

Hmm, you missed the Afghan CBS footage in the 80s huh? They had some good footage.

Yeah the light show on CNN when the old guy ordered us into Iraq the first time was pretty good stuff. Course most of those were smart bombs with their own GPS or laser guided so there weren't that many innocents zapped that time around.

We shouldn't forget the awesome footages out of Kosovo, Bosnia and Rwanda. Kept me glued to my screen.

Yeah the imbedded stuff in the Reign of Bush the younger was okay, but really they tried hard to keep the imbeddeds away from the real action. In fact I don't think there was any imbedded footage out of that cemetery the Army fought the Fedayeen (sp?) in, or the Marine fighting in Fallujah either. Had to hunt for that on the Internet then download it. Very annoying. Audiences should not have to work to see the action footage.

Al Jazeera showed some great footage (cell phone) of the final moments of Qadaffi. Enjoyed the heck out of that.

The Syrian and Egyptian things are pretty much ignored on mainstream US TV. The talking heads would much rather speak of boring criminal trials and sports news. So if you want any good footage of that you need to either go Al Jazeera TV or RT television. Course many Americans don't know how to get those channels. Having trouble deciding which has been my 'favorite' footage from Egypt so far, the woman being publicly punished (violently assaulted) in the square by the Brotherhood gangsters for being an activist, or the gun battle at the barracks. Interesting neither one aired on CNN or FOX. Still there will be more to come I am sure. Similar with Syria. Some interesting interviews too.

The best footage of both (and probably many future) conflicts is that coming from Jane or John Public who just points their cell phone at the killings and sends it to YouTube or RT. Gotta hunt for it though. Annoying, viewers being entertained at home shouldn't have to work to watch. Amusing how reporters tend to stay inside the safe zones or try to cover the wars from 2 countries away.