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Anyone here old enough to remember when CNN [View all] senseandsensibility Oct 5 OP
Media has always embedded reporters with the military. Swede Oct 5 #1
That is not the same as being embedded. senseandsensibility Oct 5 #5
Sorry, I misunderstood. Swede Oct 5 #12
Don Harris was embedded with troops in Vietnam. Attilatheblond Oct 5 #25
I thought most of the hosts at msnbc had declared Ilsa Oct 5 #2
I guess those days are gone senseandsensibility Oct 5 #3
Agreed. 'Embedded' is not a good appelation for reporters IMO as it is entirely tainted because... brush Oct 5 #4
And Cheney... displacedvermoter Oct 5 #6
Yes, and Cheney. brush Oct 5 #7
Miller was atrocious senseandsensibility Oct 5 #8
Yes. I've heard it used many times. dmr Oct 5 #9
I watch MSNBC quite a lot radical noodle Oct 5 #23
Same here. dmr Oct 5 #31
'Embedded with' does in fact mean "in bed with"--- doesn't it? Jack Valentino Oct 5 #10
No. The root of the word is embed. TwilightZone Oct 5 #14
"insert an object into another object" Jack Valentino Oct 5 #15
I sure do! MLF1981 Oct 5 #11
I remember when David Bloom of NBC died while embedded no_hypocrisy Oct 5 #13
and Bob Woodward from ABC Flatrat Oct 5 #17
I remember David - he and Soledad were great news anchors. nt TBF Oct 15 #34
War correspondents have always been embedded with the militarry. former9thward Oct 5 #16
I remember watching Bernard Shaw reporting from Baghdad live during th fist bombing runs LiberalArkie Oct 5 #18
Having to listen to his firehose of lies could give them traumatic brain injury surfered Oct 5 #19
"Firehose of lies" Haggard Celine Oct 5 #29
I think the term embed was employed in the 2016 yorkster Oct 5 #20
We don't need that. 3Hotdogs Oct 5 #21
I'm old enough to remember when B.See Oct 5 #22
I was in middle age in those days. Wonder Why Oct 5 #24
I quit television news and opinion entirely in the run-up to the Iraq war. hunter Oct 5 #26
I always thought they considered Katy Tur BumRushDaShow Oct 5 #27
I'm old enough to remember when ESPN ran a news program every AM. Ferrets are Cool Oct 5 #28
I am old enough to remember when they had a large staff of reporters and reported real news Warpy Oct 5 #30
Arthur Kent - the Scud Stud Poiuyt Oct 5 #32
But can any of them translate Jabberwock? usonian Oct 5 #33
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