Reuters vs the Pentagon

from Behind the Homefront

REUTERS NOT PLEASED BY ARMY RESPONSE TO ABUSE OF JOURNALISTS. Reuters has said that the Pentagon has not taken complaints of physical and sexual abuse of three of its journalists seriously, and has not conducted a complete investigation into the incidents. The three Iraqi employees of the agency, along with an Iraqi employee of NBC, had been detained in January, even though they had identified themselves as journalists, and most of the abuse and mistreatment had occurred after Reuters had informed Army officials that the men were on the agency's staff. Reuters later released a timeline showing that it had repeatedly pressed the military for answers since the incident occurred, but Army officials announced that the case was considered closed. More here, background here, timeline here.