Photographer Scott Peterson is reflected in a mirror while travelingwith Marines in Iraq. Scott Peterson / Getty
From Time Magazine:
Journalists covering the Afghan war rely heavily on coalition forces to gain access to a hardscrabble backcountry populated by Taliban militants. So the reaction was far from muted when the news broke last week that the Defense Department was paying a controversial private firm to profile reporters seeking to accompany — or "embed" — with troops. Reporters quickly complained that it was tantamount to building a blacklist and that the U.S. military was deliberately working to sideline journalists critical of its mission.
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More News On The Media And The Pentagon
U.S. military drops contract profiling reporters -- CNN
Military Cancels Controversial Reporter-Rating Contract -- Danger Room
US military axes PR firm accused of vetting embed journalists -- The Guardian
U.S. military ends journalist profiling contract -- Reuters
Pentagon ends profiling contract -- Politico
What I Don’t Have in Common with the Rendon Group -- Registan
Filtering The Front Lines, Ctd -- The Daily Dish
The Pentagon is checking out journalists. So what? -- Foreign Policy
My Comment: If Bush was still President, they would be saying that it is the Bush White House that is responsible for this stupid policy .... not the Pentagon.
Unfortunately, there is no mention that bloggers are targeted by this policy. A question that I would like to have an answer to.
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