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The Falklands War has been described as "the worst
reported war since the Crimean". The implication
being, that in 1982, war reporting reverted back to
an era before mass communications. There was a dearth
of news from the front line and what made it back was
tightly controlled by the Government.
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Photo-journalism
There were no photographs from the Falklands for the
first 54 days of the conflict. The press therefore filled
the vacuum with human interest and home front stories.
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Reporting
from the front
Why was there so little news from the Falkland Islands? |
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Television
There was no direct TV transmission. TV reports were what
Julian Barnes calls "radiovision": reporters' voices
accompanied by still images.
"I
counted them all out, and I counted them all back."
Journalists
often found clever ways around reporting restrictions.
BBC
reporter Brian Hanrahan's phrase, "I
counted them all out, and I counted them all back",
is one such example. It conveyed the restricted information
that all the British Harrier jets had returned safely.
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