EMBEDDED REPORTING AND THE DECLINE OF ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR COVERAGE
This paper is an analysis of changing norms of legitimacy and objectivity governing American war reporting in contemporary Middle Eastern conflicts. We will examine the common journalistic practice of embedding American broadcast media with military units -- particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan. Can an embedded press do its essential job as a wartime watchdog, informing the democratic public adequately about the facts, realities and reasons for military engagement?