Are Reporters Screened Before Being Embedded In Afghanistan?

Seth Moulton, a journalist with the Dan Rather Reports television show embedded with the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, photographs an Afghan boy in the Nawa District bazaar in Helmand province, Afghanistan, July 19. U.S. Marine Corps photos by Staff Sgt. William Greeson

Journalists' Recent Work Examined Before Embeds -- Stars And Stripes

As more journalists seek permission to accompany U.S. forces engaged in escalating military operations in Afghanistan, many of them could be screened by a controversial Washington-based public relations firm contracted by the Pentagon to determine whether their past coverage has portrayed the U.S. military in a positive light.

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