] "It was a grand and glorious picture that had a lot of
] people watching," Banfield said, "and a lot of
] advertisers excited about cable TV news. But it wasn't
] journalism, because I'm not sure Americans are hesitant
] to do this again -- to fight another war, because it
] looked to them like a courageous and terrific endeavor."

] "As a journalist, I have been ostracized just from
] going on television and saying, 'Here's what the
] leaders of Hezbollah, a radical Moslem group, are
] telling me about what is needed to bring peace to
] Israel,'" she said. "And, 'Here's what the Lebanese
] are saying.' Like it or lump it, don't shoot the
] messenger, but that's what they do."

MSNBC's Ashleigh Banfield: Media filtered realities of war 04/24/03