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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Roland F. Hirsch
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by Roland F. Hirsch - Oct. 1, 2008

This opinion piece basically is a report extracted from a study by a graduate student, and has minimal added content. The fatal flaw in the study of course is that it only covers the first six weeks of the liberation of Iraq. Thus there is little of interest as far as journalism is concerned.

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