War Correspondent Research Paper

War correspondents have one of the most dangerous jobs on earth. When controversy breaks out across the globe, it’s war correspondents who muster up the courage to go directly to the fighting and report the warfare; more specifically, they go to the heart of the controversial issue. This is where a war correspondent is most likely to get the declared truth for either side participating in the war. The core of the issue is the most dangerous place for anyone to be – especially, a non-fighting war correspondent who is experienced in journalism, and not warfare. One might ask, why would anyone travel to the heart of a fight just to report what is happening? Is it because they’re crazy? Is it because they badly need a job? … maybe, it’s because …show more content…
As a fighter jet closely flies above the rooftops of buildings, militant-looking soldiers, wearing dark turbans and matching uniforms, stand focused and ready with machine guns to fight for their personal beliefs, opinions and land. Large buildings make up for most of the scenery with a large camp in the center. The buildings are badly damaged with what appears to be from multiple bombs being dropped during attacks from the fighter jets. In addition, two Lebanon soldiers are standing at the camp smiling and laughing. Meanwhile, two children with sadness in their eyes look upon the devastation that they call home; therefore, giving the local men a reason to pick up arms and fight with such ferocity and …show more content…
Panel three depicts a war correspondent and his guide observing the Afghan government stopping cars at a checkpoint. As each car comes closer to the barricade in the road, money is handed out the window of the car to the armed government official. The guide continued to show the correspondent how the Afghan government was oppressing the local communities. For example, at the bottom of panel three, the guide told the correspondent, “With reconstruction money pouring in, corruption was only getting worse. Midlevel bureaucrats are buying up entire city blocks” (80). Likewise, in southern Iraq, the correspondent takes photos of children playing on a drain pipe with toxic-looking water pouring from it and elderly women carrying watering buckets from the drain pool back to their houses. This observed corruption gives evidence to the people that the government is not on their side and forces trust to be broken in the community. Once this happens, animosity and resentment starts to build throughout the