Paraphrase the claim colvin makes about the mission of war correspondents line 12-20

According to Marie Colvin, the mission of War Correspondents is to tell the truth as it is.

She states that regardless of what nomenclature in the English language is used to describe or qualify the activities that go on during a war and in the war front, the devastating effects are neither enervated nor does it change.

She makes a case for the women who were brutally widowed, children who were forcefully orphaned, mothers whose children were in the most gruesome fashion invented by man yanked away from their lives. She does not forget to make mention of all properties that were lost.  

She states towards the end of the lines indicated above that it is the job and purpose of a War Correspondent to say 'it' like it is.

By that, she meant that every war correspondent must say the truth about what goes on during the war. She added that every war reported comes at a risk and at a cost. It is the job of the War Correspondent to check to see if it was worth the risk.

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