Routledge. The military-industrial-entertainment complex. When you’re a reporter, getting through to individual servicemembers — especially when they’re deployed — is often a teeth-gnashing affair.
You reach out to a public affairs officer who may be somewhere in the general vicinity you’re interested in. He may make the connections to the troops you want, or he may not, or it may take six weeks to set up a single phone call with someone who can help you with your story. (“OK, sarge, so how’s the war really going out there in RC-East?”) And yet sometimes, the clouds miraculously part and you’ve got sources coming out of the woodwork who can’t wait to talk to you.
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