Friday, August 1, 2008

The Case of Expelled Embed

The case of photojournalist Zoriah Miller, a 32-year-old American freelancer, has roiled U.S. Marines in Western Iraq for more than a month. Yet the mainstream media has largely ignored the controversy - until that is, a lengthy article in Saturday's New York Times, "4,000 U.S. Deaths and Just a Handful of Public Images ." While it strove to be circumspect about the issues at play, the Times failed to answer an important question: Who is Zoriah Miller? [snip]

"I have reason to believe that you present a threat all all Multi National Forces-West personnel and installations."
A copy of Gen. Kelly's lengthy and detailed July 3 letter, citing specific embed rules Miller allegedly violated, was provided...

[long, Recommended for insight as to why the phrase "enemy within" is not empty hyperbole ]

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