In reality, news outlets lose money by publishing material which rubs their demographic the wrong way and by offending potential advertisers. Those people clearly do not understand how news outlets make money. Some say that we cynically published this video for profit, as some kind of war profiteering. The helmet cam footage is a piece of hard evidence, one which depicts factual events. The ambush in Niger has also been subject to myths, rumors, and propaganda as were events in Jordan and Benghazi. The video clearly demonstrated that these soldiers were murdered in cold blood, and dispelled many of the myths and misconceptions about what happened that day. We did so when CCTV footage of the three Green Berets in Jordan were murdered by a turncoat checkpoint guard emerged. This is not the first time that SOFREP has published video footage of U.S.
We understand why they would feel that way. Many would say that we failed to strike that balance in this case. When deciding whether or not to publish potentially harmful material, one has to strike some kind of balance weighing the need for further information versus the potential anguish that said information could cause.
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We understand full well the anger of the family, friends, and teammates of those who perished that day. You can’t demand facts and simultaneously be protected from them. At SOFREP we charted a course which we remain on to this day - that we will report the truth even if it hurts even if we find it disturbing. You can’t serve both masters, and decisions had to be made.
Early on, it became clear to us that we could not exist in both worlds, behaving as both active duty government employees (which we no longer were) and also as journalists trying to write about the reality that unfolded. Many were clamoring for the facts, searching for the truth about what really happened that night in Libya. The first big story that SOFREP worked on was the attack on Benghazi. There is nothing satisfying about this story at all. We are willing to explain our editorial decision to publish this video, although it will not satisfy those who are angry with us. Special Forces soldiers and two support soldiers killed. They are angry and disappointed that SOFREP chose to publish helmet camera footage from the ambush in Niger back in October in which two U.S. This morning, I have heard the voices from the Special Operations community, along with many of our readers, loud and clear.
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