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by praneshp 3896 days ago
This is what happened in the Mumbai attacks in 2007 too, the media was giving away every single thing happening outside.
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It was also a problem during the siege at the 1972 Munich Olympics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munich_massacre#Negotiations
That's the free market: competition between different media agencies and no government regulation.
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.