Yeah. That war was essentially broadcast on cable. And yeah, sure, access to the U.S. military came with caveats, but it was possible to be a non-affiliated re

Yeah. That war was essentially broadcast on cable. And yeah, sure, access to the U.S. military came with caveats, but it was possible to be a non-affiliated reporter. But it's also not like the stories couldn't be cross-checked with, you know, reality. You could relatively trust the information coming from U.S. sources, because they coincided with reality. Iraq was doing their best to prevent information coming in and going out. That's why Baghdad Bob became a meme. Because his accounts were hilariously at odds with reality. He'd go on TV and claim the American forces were in full retreat while being frog marched out the studio by those forces. And it's also not like this is going to be the first conflict in the social media age.