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Peace And The Press: Media Rules During U.N. Peacekeeping Operations, Jennifer Lee
Peace And The Press: Media Rules During U.N. Peacekeeping Operations, Jennifer Lee
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In recent years, U.N. peacekeeping operations have become an increasing focus of international military action and media coverage. While the military and the media have maintained a precarious balance in the United States between the military's objective of operational success and the media's call for uncensored reporting, the evolution and growing importance of U.N. peacekeeping offers new considerations to this balance. This Note examines the ability of the United Nations to affect the balance between the military and the media through the implementation of U.N. media rules during peacekeeping operations. This Note begins by reviewing the history of media coverage …