How do war journalist manage to be in the middle of a conflict without being killed?

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I watched Civil War yesterday and even though I generally knew what their job is I was surprised that they were actually in the very middle of the fighting, tagging right behind the soldiers and taking pictures. Why does either side of the conflict just lets them be, especially the side that might be ‘in the wrong’, knowing that they would report on their atrocities?

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I live in Cambodia, and I would *not* say that I know him, but Ive had a couple of cups and chatted a bit with [Al Rockoff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Rockoff), he was played by John Malkowich in Killing Fields about the war in Cambodia. One of the very few westerners that stayed back after the country fell to Khmer Rouge. Can very much recommend that movie to get an idea of what war correspondents go through, just as much, if not more shit than many soldiers because they dont have a platoon behind them to help them out at all times. The fact that Al is still alive is very much luck.

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