The plain fact is if your country is at war, your readers won't thank you, your country won't thank you and your paper won't thank you for a dramatic exclusive which manages to get 2,000 soldiers killed.
Alastair Hetherington. former editor of The
Guardian and Research Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Stirling University, talks to journalists and editors about their coverage of the Falklands conflict and asks how it reflects upon the practices normally followed in Fleet Street and television. Producer thomas SUTCLIFFE