Captured by the press

[ewx]

So what's so bad about these sailors and marines being allowed to sell their stories to the papers?

(i.e. as compared to just anyone being allowed to sell stories to papers; chequebook journalism may well be problematic in general but I don't see why it should be prohibited specifically to military personnel.)

Comments

[ewx.livejournal.com]

That's a reasonable point. Still, I don't think anybody is suggesting putting an end to the long-standing practice of people writing up their experiences in war after it's over, which you'd have thought might be considered to carry a similar risk.

[geekette8.livejournal.com]

Much less risk - if you can make 100k out of your story mid-war, then you can afford to bog off rather than stick out fighting the ^&*^& war to the end!