Should soldiers sell their story to the media?

With the recent incident of Iran's capture and release of 15 British sailors, there have been much debate on whether soldiers should sell their stories to the media. To me, I feel that soldiers should not sell their stories. When they do so, the armed forces would gradually lose their dignity and respect. It would even make readers think twice about the credibilty of the interview or report.

The media aims to sell, regardless of what methods they have resort to in order to get people to buy their newspapers. I feel that we cannot trust the stories as what they were reported to be. There might be exaggeration and misleading ideas contained in the reports. Everyone might be interested in the first hand accounts from the soldiers, but if we were to think about it, do the reports remain faithful to what actually has happened? The soldiers might be telling the truth, but to sell their reports, the media would add in twists of their own to the reports.

Are the soldiers really selling their stories to reveal the truth or to get that lucrative sum of money that seems easy to earn without much work. If these soldiers have much to tell, what about those deceased soldiers who have contributed and seen so much more?

At the end, it still boils down to each individual soldiers' decision. However, I am not for it.