"Have there been audio reports?"
Yes, quite a few. There is also video shots, but there aren't panning the area anymore.
Yes, I still watch this 24 hour news stuff- though it's extremely annoying. Some of the embedded reporters have a fairly good grasp of what going on. Most of the embedded reporters are pretty clueless and somewhat annoying. But compared to the idiots standing in Kuwait, spewing out their misunderstanding of what's going on; most of the embedded reporters are better. Though one reporter "tried" to draw in the dirt his position. And another tried to distract their commanders while in a hostile situation.
I think there might be a correlation between the actual amount of danger and the degree of good reporting- or maybe the more clueless reporters are purposely left in some backwater for safety reasons. Or possible the bad reporters don't actually want to take any risks and would rather "fake it".