Is war reporting exactly a "compassionate profession" in and of itself?

Hi.

I have read one review by Trevor Aclea, I think that's his full username, who liked this film very much and have rated it a perfect 10, I too have seen this film by the way but I would give it about a 7 overall, however, having read his review, he brought across one interesting point and I ASSUME he was talking about the war reporter character (even though he could be just as likely talking about the police, who mistreat that African fellow right at the beginning, and the police could MAYBE in itself be given that description although MANY cops in general aren't exactly good people EITHER) but anyways...

In his review, I BELIEVE, he wrote about how people in "compassionate professions" aren't necessarily "good people", but is being a war reporter necessarily by nature given that task?

Do a lot or even MOST reporters who report the war, or even news in GENERAL, do so out of compassion for their victims, is reporting a war somehow managing to stop or reduce it happening and if not, what exactly then makes it a "compassionate profession", and is it REALLY THAT surprising when we find out in the film that the reporter George completely ignores and refuses to help the young girl next door who is arguably getting frequently beaten by her relatives?

On a side note, why DID he completely and utterly refuse to help just like that? Couldn't he maybe, even if he really wasn't SURE as to HOW to help and get involved, call the police anonymously or speak to someone to get someone to help or inform other relevant people who could perhaps affect the situation? At least so that he doesn't completely MAKE himself LOOK so utterly indifferent to the horrors next door, or maybe he wasn't in the good mood that time or something and couldn't help it?

I wonder why he chose that profession though and also, how did he avoid getting shot or even killed so many times from war zones he was reporting at from, I asked myself that question a lot about the British (now retired) war correspondent Julian Manyon, who has reported from war zones for arguably over 30 years or so a lot. (He was kidnapped once though in 1982 or so during the Falklands war, but he still carried on working many years later.)

But anyways...