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Tom Ricks And The Military's New Philosophical Embeds

Columbia Journalism Review | Tara McKelvey | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media

Read More: Kabul, Iraq Surge, Washington, Tom Ricks, Pakistan, War, Philosopy, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Iraq, Surge, Afghanistan War, Al Qaeda, Embedded Journalists, Journalism, Iraq War, Baghdad, Taliban, Ethics, Insurgency, Policy, Foreign Correspondents, Counterinsurgency, Media News

Thomas E. Ricks has a photograph of a general--Ulysses S. Grant, looking haggard and defeated in Cold Harbor, Virginia--on the wall of his office. His...

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Military Ends Contract With Rendon Group, Firm That Profiled Reporters

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media

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WASHINGTON — U.S. military authorities in Afghanistan have terminated a contract with a company that was producing profiles of reporters seeking...

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Pentagon Profiling Reporters For "Positive," "Neutral" Or "Negative" War Coverage

Stars and Stripes | Stars and StripesMideast Edition, Thursday, August 27, 2009 | Posted 09.27.2009 | Media

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Contrary to the insistence of Pentagon officials this week that they are not rating the work of reporters covering U.S. forces in Afghanistan, Stars a...

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Journalists Seeking Military Embeds Subject To Screens Of Past Work To Ensure Positive Coverage

Stars and Stripes | Charlie Reed, Stars and StripesMideast Edition, Monday, August 24, 2009 | Posted 09.24.2009 | Media

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As more journalists seek permission to accompany U.S. forces engaged in escalating military operations in Afghanistan, many of them could be screened ...

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Stop "Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals": Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

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Georgianne Nienaber

This is going out to the end of a very long limb, but contrary to the rumblings in progressive think tanks, let's suggest that AFRICOM must be given a chance in eastern Congo.

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Army Bans Stars and Stripes Reporter From Embedding With Unit In Mosul

Stars and Stripes | Stars and StripesMideast Edition, Wednesday, June 24, 2009 | Posted 07.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Iraq War, Army Press, Embedded Journalists, Freedom of the Press, Army, Stars and Stripes, Media News

Asserting that Stars and Stripes "refused to highlight" good news in Iraq that the U.S. military wanted to emphasize, Army officials have barred a Str...

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Did Google Kill Journalism?

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 08.11.2008 | Media

Read More: Iraq 4000 Deaths, Embedded Journalists, Suicide Bombers, Marines Iraq Suicide Bomb, Iraq, Censorship, Journalism, Media News
Steve Rosenbaum

The death of Journalism began it was expected to begin to earn a profit -- or maybe we're witnessing the birth of Journalism.

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