# Televising the war **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [March 11, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605 "2003-03-11T17:44:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/1 "2003-03-11T17:44:46Z")
If we go into war w/ Iraq, should it be televised? Why? Why not? ---
**Author:** ![Saen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d2c977/32.png) [@Saen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saen)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/2 "2003-03-11T17:51:32Z")
Televised how? Should they have a running commentary on every engagement with footage of people being shot, blown up etc? I don’t think that would be appropriate to the viewers. However, updates and “special reports” on significant areas to keep the people informed seems like a good idea. ---
**Author:** ![yme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yme)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/3 "2003-03-11T18:49:30Z")
I think we should have _The War Channel_. To those who think that it is in appropriate, can change the channel. ---
**Author:** ![yme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/35a633/32.png) [@yme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yme)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/4 "2003-03-11T18:52:29Z")
Sorry. _Inappropriate_. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/5 "2003-03-11T20:57:30Z")
It should be just as televisied as the first Gulf War. Just keep the camera crews from leaking US and Allied military forces. ---
**Author:** ![starman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@starman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/starman)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/6 "2003-03-12T11:42:19Z")
Sounds like more is going to be televised than the first Gulf War. What with all the reporters traveling with various units in the US and British military units, and independent correspondents who have chosen to stay in Baghdad. This is a Good Thing. Pretty pictures of high tech weapons and big explosions do not a peaceful nation make. -Oli ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/7 "2003-03-12T12:36:54Z")
Can we vote Saddam off? ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/8 "2003-03-12T12:42:23Z")
How much freedom will the Press have to broadcast, and will there be any censor? ---
**Author:** ![athelas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@athelas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athelas)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/9 "2003-03-12T13:09:16Z")
'Course there will be. "A BigNews special report: US troops are now on a secret mission to infiltrate Saddam’s staff and – ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/10 "2003-03-12T13:22:51Z")
Reminds me of an old Tom Lehrer song- “…while we’re attacking frontally watch Brink-le-y and Hunt-le-y as they decribe most bluntally the cities we have lost. No need for you to miss a minute of the agonizing holocaust.” ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/11 "2003-03-12T13:25:49Z")
We now have another good reason to hold off on the war for another 45 days or whatever. We can’t let the war [preempt](http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/sports/sports-ncaab-tournament.html) March Madness on CBS. ---
**Author:** ![X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/bbe5ce/32.png) [@X\_Slayer\_ALE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X_Slayer_ALE)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/televising-the-war/160605/12 "2003-03-12T19:12:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > \*\*Can we vote Saddam off? \*\* I thought that was the whole idea. Yo, Saddam! The tribe has spoken! You are the weakest link. g’bye! Stick a coconut on that torch, saddam, your ass and your camel are outta here!