# Claim 207

British journalist Robert Fisk said reporters inside the pool system lost independence from military framing.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: British journalist Robert Fisk said reporters inside the pool system lost independence from military framing.
- Field: effect_on_reporting
- Value: Fisk said pooled reporters lost independence
- About: [incident 1991-gulf-war-us-military-press-pools](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1991-gulf-war-us-military-press-pools)
- Source: Human Rights Watch: Freedom of Expression and the War. https://www.hrw.org/reports/1991/us3/
- Publisher: Human Rights Watch
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 1991-09-01

## Quotation from the source

> the people in the pool ... have lost some of their critical faculties and become part of the military machine

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