New Study Calls 'Embed' Program for U.S. Media in Iraq a 'Victory' -- for the Pentagon

Debate over the "embedded journalist" program run by the Pentagon since the weeks before the Iraq invasion in 2003 has long raged, with some claiming that it gave reporters valuable close access to action while others saying that the journalists were severely compromised within it. Now sociologist Andrew M. Lindner, writing in the spring issue of the American Sociological Association's "Context" magazine describes what is billed as the only sociological ... Full Story »

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by Ben Ross - Oct. 1, 2008

Good...Report of a sociological doctoral dissertation...addressing 700 + news stories. The stories by ..embedded / Baghdad / independent reporters tell different stories, suggestive of their placement . Uses statistics. The use of questionable ethics is implied.

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