Claim

Claim 782

NBC correspondent Fred Francis had to watch the invasion's early hours from a golf course rather than the battlefield.

Published 2026-09-26. Last reviewed 2026-09-26. 1 source.

Statement: NBC correspondent Fred Francis had to watch the invasion's early hours from a golf course rather than the battlefield.
Field: effect_on_reporting
Value: Francis watched from a golf course
About: incident 1989-us-panama-press-pool-restricted
Source: Blame Grenada!
Publisher: Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-26
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2001

Quotation from the source

Francis was so incensed that he had to watch the early moments of the fighting from a country club golf course three miles away.