[SpaghettiCat]

> News tickers revealed which gates the army was entering from, where police were situated, and which areas were being cordoned off. Inside the airport, the militants were keeping up with the TV updates and adjusting their positions accordingly. “I accept this is the wrong thing,” Hyder said later, with a guilty laugh. “But what can I do? It’s my work.”

Hey, the militants must've also accepted they were doing the wrong thing, but what can they do? It's their job. /sarcasm

Great job for strengthening the terrorists' position. The good guys in the government and police are trying to combat the insurgency, and these leeches are undermining that effort.

[praneshp]

This is what happened in the Mumbai attacks in 2007 too, the media was giving away every single thing happening outside.

[jamessb]

It was also a problem during the siege at the 1972 Munich Olympics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre#Negotiations

[mercurial]

That's the free market: competition between different media agencies and no government regulation.

[walshemj]

No that's journalists not behaving ethically - just because your a hack doesn't mean you can shout fire in the crowded theatre.

And of course they are now on ISI, SIS and the CIA's watch list.