How many reporters does it take…?
…to present a biased view of a war zone? Well, let’s set that aside for a moment and find out how many new reporters you think – based on the coverage coming out of Iraq – are embedded with Coalition forces there?
Did you guess more than 9? If so, you’re wrong. In a country as big as Iraq with as much going on there as we’re being told, there are 9 reporters embedded with the forces there. The rest of them are holed up at hotels in the Green Zone getting spoon-fed “insurgent” viewpoints that they dilligently serve up to the rest of us. Pajamas Media covers it, so go have a look.
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Time September 28, 2006 at 06:41
[...] Regardless of my thoughts on his perceptions, he’s earned my respect and my attention. So, when I got an e-mail from him this morning (not a personal one, I’m on his mailing list) that mentioned a recent Pajamas Media report on the number of embedded reporters in Iraq, I listened. I have already mentioned the PJ report here where they showed there’s only 9 embeds in Iraq at the moment. Yon says there’s a good reason for that: the US Military officer in charge of the embeds is purposely denying requests. Here’s from Yon’s letter: Pajamas Media recently reported that there are only 9 embedded reporters in Iraq. Many are blaming this on the media, and while I can never be called an apologist for mainstream media, I can say with certainty that the United States military is censoring. [...]