Jon Snow faced a backlash yesterday after attacking the British media for agreeing to a news blackout.

Angry viewers bombarded the Channel 4 website after the newsreader said journalists should have reported Prince Harry's deployment to Afghanistan - even if it put lives at risk.

In a mass email on Thursday afternoon, Snow praised the Drudge Report - the American website which broke the news and forced the Ministry of Defence to confirm it.

He wrote: "I never thought I'd find myself saying 'thank God for Drudge'.

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"Editors have been sworn to secrecy over Prince Harry being sent to fight in Afghanistan three months ago.

"Drudge has blown their cover. One wonders whether viewers, readers and listeners will ever want to trust media bosses again.

"Or perhaps this was a courageous editorial decision to protect this fine young man?"

He continued to question the blackout during the Channel 4 bulletin at 7pm - despite the fact that his employers, like the rest of the British media, had agreed to abide by it.

The end of the news embargo has resulted in Harry's return home and Snow's comments yesterday provoked a furious response from military figures, former royal aides and the viewers of his programme.

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