War Lessons. (Free Press).(Brookings Institution forum)(Brief Article)

Because the media and the government don't necessarily want the same things from war coverage, and both institutions are getting a trial by fire on what those things might be since September 11, the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., wanted the two sides to discuss their conflicting interests. In collaboration with Harvard University's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, Brookings hosted a forum in October called "The Role of the Press: Lessons of Wars Past."

Panelists with no shortage of war stories included Peter Arnett, formerly