The relationship between the military and Argentine correspondents authorized to report from the islands during the Falklands War

Abstract

The Falklands War marks a turning point in war journalism. The islands location at 464 kilometers from the Argentine coast and more than 12,700 kilometers from the British caused the military to exercise information censorship and allow access to a few correspondents. This paper uses a qualitative methodology based on in-depth interviews to Argentine correspondents who covered the conflict to get a new vision through unpublished testimonies. The article concludes that there was a manipulative attempt, although it is clear there was an incoordination between the military controls regarding the censorship criteria.