I know press/reporters aren’t the direct targets of aggressors, and they don’t take up arms, but how do they manage to stay safe while reporting close to the front lines? Why wouldn’t the aggressors target them to reduce reporting of atrocities, if the aggressors are willing to kill anyways?
Edit: thanks for the responses, everyone. I wasn’t aware of how it really is.
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>how do they manage to stay safe while reporting close to the front lines?
They try to stay out of active combat areas or at least the direct line of fire. They aren’t always successful – wartime journalists do end up as collateral damage.
>Why wouldn’t the aggressors target them to reduce reporting of atrocities.
It does happen sometimes, but there is a general agreement amongst nations that certain people are off-limits for direct attack – journalists, aid workers, non-combatants, etc. Targetting non-combatants – including journalists – is a war crime. Of course, war crimes are generally only enforceable if you lose…
At the end of it all, it’s just a gentleman’s agreement – I won’t kill your journalists because I don’t want you killing mine.
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