02-12-2015, 11:06 AM
In today's world half the people who post on Facebook think they are "journalists". How does Civil Defense distinguish who gets a pass?
If they (the media) are going to demand special treatment they also should be will to pay for the expense of having a Civil Defense tour guide, and for the disruption they cause in the process.
I remember a disaster in South America where the rescue teams couldn't get emergency equipment flown in. Why? The international news media had rented all the helicopters so they could film the devastation and those tragic scenes of a trapped woman slowly dying.
I don't remember exactly where or when that was, but they thought my seeing those reports was important enough at the time to sacrifice peoples lives for the footage.
If they (the media) are going to demand special treatment they also should be will to pay for the expense of having a Civil Defense tour guide, and for the disruption they cause in the process.
I remember a disaster in South America where the rescue teams couldn't get emergency equipment flown in. Why? The international news media had rented all the helicopters so they could film the devastation and those tragic scenes of a trapped woman slowly dying.
I don't remember exactly where or when that was, but they thought my seeing those reports was important enough at the time to sacrifice peoples lives for the footage.