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June 15, 2008

When the war in Iraq started, over 770 journalists went with Coalition troops. 5 years later there are fewer than 20. What happened? In this hour of To The Best Of Our Knowledge, the embed system. How can journalists accurately report on the very soldiers who protect them? Has the US military made the journalist a weapon of war?

Mike Hoyt on "Reporting Iraq"

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Mike Hoyt talks with Steve Paulson about an e-mail by a Wall Street Journal correspondent that created a furor within the journalistic community about the role and responsibility of embedded reporters.

Brian Palmer on "Full Disclosure"

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Brian Palmer is a veteran journalist and foreign correspondent. He embedded with the First Battalion/Second Marines three times between 2004 and 2006. He's now made a documentary film called "Full Disclosure," about the experience. 

Col. David Lapan on the Department of Defense's Embedded Media Program

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Col. David Lapan is Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Marine Corps and one of the architect's of the Department of Defense's Embedded Media Program. 

Deborah Scranton on "Bad Voodoo's War"

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Deborah Scranton gives cameras directly to soldiers, She edits their footage over the internet.

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Guests: 

Mike Hoyt

Journalist

Brian Palmer

Director
To The Best Of Our Knowledge

David Lapan

Colonel

Deborah Scranton

Director
Categories: 
Politics and History
Current Events
Last modified: 
August 02, 2024