Warfare: Gulf war reporting

Journalists in Vietnam

Report with little censorship - dialogue unrestrained - 1st amendment
Could move easily from unit to unit

Schwarzkopf

Held daily briefings in Riyadh
Had too many reporters - 1400 before the invasion - so pooled them together
Focussed news on what people wanted to hear

Language used

Collateral damage - Civilian deaths
Surgical strike -Precise and targeted - use of laser guided bombs (20% of all bombs were laser guided)

Advances in reporting

CNN news channel emerged, offering 24h news reporting
Increased the drive for news as ran out fast
CNN kept reporters inside Iraq after the invasion of Kuwait in 1990 to build connections and better understand the regime
Bernard Shaw stayed behind in Iraq and managed to get an interview with Saddam Hussein
Reporting done through satellite and phone calls