Losing the Media War in Afghanistan – NYTimes.com

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Losing the Media War in Afghanistan

Larry Towell’s new book is a detailed reflection on the Afghan war, as well as his impassioned response to the challenges of documenting a conflict many Americans have forgotten.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/08/losing-the-media-war-in-afghanistan/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

“A journalist should be able to just go off and interview people and see for himself, but that has not been the case in Afghanistan for years,” he said in a phone interview last month. “I didn’t believe in the embedded photographer just taking pictures of things being blown up and calling that journalism, so I tried to piece it together visually.”