Freedom of the press

We have witness once again the conflict between the media and the government in the last Manila peninsula standoff. Which side you on?As for starters I believed that what the police did was acceptable. The mediamen act as human sheild for the rebels preventing the police to do thier duty. The mediamen were not force to stay in fact it is their choice to stay. They even out numbered the rebel soldiers. They are the main reason why the police could not storm the hotel. They also put the lives of the government forces in danger by providing live video coverage on troop movements and operational tactics. Media claim that it is the surpression of their freedom but from they don't know is that freedom of the press is not absolute. In freedom there is an obligation and responsibility.