US - Journalists or Americans?

When asked if they would warn American troops of an impending attack or just cover the story, some journalists said they were "reporters first and Americans second".

Faced with rescuing a kidnapped journalist, these soldiers considered him an American first and a journalist second.

U.S. soldiers freed a kidnapped Voice of America journalist and captured four suspected terrorists in two separate operations in Baghdad July 14, officials in Iraq reported.

Read the rest of Tim's post to see where the New York Times stands on all of this.
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