Pentagon Cancels Controversial Reporter-Screening Contract

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From War Is Boring:

The U.S. military public-affairs apparatus in Afghanistan has been paying an American media firm to review the work of reporters covering the eight-year-old war. The reports, by the Washington, D.C.-based Rendon Group, have been used to screen journalists requesting embeds with U.S. forces. Newspaper Stars & Stripes, which receives some government funding, broke the story last week.

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My Comment: This was a stupid program to begin with. It deserves to be put into the garbage can.