“Embedding” Is A Bad Idea
I said “embedding” journalists with the military is a lousy idea and I stand by that claim. Finally, someone else is saying the same thing. Karl Zinsmeister says in NRO:
Alas, many of the journalists observable in this war theater are bursting with knee-jerk suspicions and antagonisms for the warriors all around them. A significant number are whiny and appallingly soft. Most club together, passing far too much of their desert sojourn gossiping with fellow reporters, mocking military mores in snide jokes and wise-guy observations, chafing at the little disciplines required by the military