Embedded reporters 'sanitised' Iraq war: "Television reports produced by 'embedded' correspondents in the Iraq conflict gave a sanitised picture of war, according to an academic study published by the BBC today.
Researchers found that although reporters who accompanied the British and US military were able to be objective, they avoided images that would be too graphic or violent for British television. Some of the coverage resembled a 'war film'.
Today, a senior BBC news executive will make a controversial case for desanitising the presentation of war on British television. In a speech to a conference of broadcasters in Budapest, Mark Damazer, deputy director of BBC News, will say the current position is a 'disservice to democracy'. "
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