As I searched the web to watch Live From Baghdad, I prepared myself for a boring and dry documentary. I had assumed this would be about current coverage of our Iraq War. The opening scene was a standard reenactment in my eyes, akin to America’s Most Wanted. It wasn’t until the faces of Michael Keaton and Paul Guilfoyle appeared on the screen that I realized I wasn’t watching a documentary at all. Live From Baghdad was an HBO feature film that documents the first Iraq War, and the coverage of the CNN team in 1991. While it was certainly a dramatic retelling; it was a rather informative and well made film. In 1991, I was only 4 years old. My memories from that time period are fuzzy at best, and I certainly do not remember watching any coverage of the first Iraq War. I do remember the extensive coverage of the attacks on September 11th 2001, which led us into the second Iraq War. Live From Baghdad was
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It was both comedic and dramatic and held my attention the entire film. It gave me a renewed respect for journalists and crew members that brave dangerous scenarios and territories all in the name of getting the story to the public. It’s also a valid reminder that our technological advances have made our news coverage of war far superior. The events of September 11th, 2001, and the subsequent war, have been extensively documented. We are kept up to date on any and all occurrences in the Middle East. In 1991, we didn’t really have that privilege. As of late, many of us have been caught up in judging and feeling skeptical of the mass media outlets. We label news programs as biased and often accuse them of reporting or misleading to make a profit. I often forget that journalists and their crew day in and day out risk their lives just to break a story to the public. While profit for the network is always at the top of the reasons, it was clear that this CNN crew loved simply reporting the news and getting the
It was both comedic and dramatic and held my attention the entire film. It gave me a renewed respect for journalists and crew members that brave dangerous scenarios and territories all in the name of getting the story to the public. It’s also a valid reminder that our technological advances have made our news coverage of war far superior. The events of September 11th, 2001, and the subsequent war, have been extensively documented. We are kept up to date on any and all occurrences in the Middle East. In 1991, we didn’t really have that privilege. As of late, many of us have been caught up in judging and feeling skeptical of the mass media outlets. We label news programs as biased and often accuse them of reporting or misleading to make a profit. I often forget that journalists and their crew day in and day out risk their lives just to break a story to the public. While profit for the network is always at the top of the reasons, it was clear that this CNN crew loved simply reporting the news and getting the