U.S. Army Lt. Rajiv Srinivasan's thoughts on the mix of arrogance and ignorance he sees in many journalists who come to rugged outposts:"what I lack confidence in is the media’s ability to portray the vigorous intellectual debate that goes through a platoon leader’s mind during such life and death matters. I have little confidence in a reporter’s ability to understand what it’s like to own the lives of a platoon of 20 year-old kids. I have very little confidence in a news outlet’s willingness to tell the whole truth if it means selling fewer papers or receiving lower ratings."
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