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REPORTERS' BOOT CAMP PREPARES FOR WAR COVERAGE.

Info-Prod Research (Middle East), December, 2002

Many U.S. news organizations are ordering staffers to attend either private,week-long boot camps or one offered by the Pentagon, "USA Today"reported on 11 December in an article titled "Boot Camp PreparesJournalists for Iraq." The courses are designed to teach people whosit at computer terminals, shoot photos, or anchor from TV studioseverything from how to blend into a crowd and how to stop a woundfrom bleeding to recognizing different kinds of artillery andreacting to a chemical-weapons attack.

CNN anchor Aaron Brownattended CNN's war camp near Atlanta this week, "USA Today"reported, among 400 staffers who have participated in a course thatthe cable outlet contracted through the AKE Group, a British companystaffed by former commandos. Last month, the Pentagon sponsored...

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