[bambax]

If you're "embedded" you're a guest; not only is it bad manners to bite the hand that feeds you, it's also fundamentally against human nature. Embedded journalists will almost always side with who they're embedded within.

Independent journalism can only be produced by truly independent journalists: journalists who don't depend on the people they're reporting on for their very survival.

Is this possible? Maybe, but we sure haven't seen much of it.

Hoping that traditional embedding will produce true journalism is wishful thinking.

Or maybe the other side should offer to embed western journalists within them; that could prove to be fascinating. As a reader, I would be very interested in what the so-called "bad guys" think, what their motivations are, what goals they're pursuing, how they're fighting, etc.

[malandrew]

Interesting idea, but you'd have to be batshit insane to embed yourself with any military force fighting the United States military.