Noam ChomskyNo honest journalist should be willing to describe himself or herself as 'embedded.' To say, 'I'm an embedded journalist' is to say, 'I'm a government Propagandist.
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The term "embedded" is used quite often. In newspapers, magazines, and other media outlets, the phrase "embedded journalist" is often used. The term "embedded" is a double entendre that means both “sitting in” and "entrenched." However, for a journalist to describe himself or herself as embedded is a mistake. If a journalist is embedded, that journalist has been compelled by the military to write from a particular point of view.
This is not journalism. It's propaganda.
Source: Imperial Ambitions: Conversations On The Post9/11 World
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