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(verb) : to travel as a journalist with a military unit on active duty

Mr. Bartlett said he had been part of the decision to embed reporters with military units in Iraq, a development that led to live and up-close coverage of the initial invasion. Critics said embedding co-opted the news coverage. —Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, June 2, 2007

Submitted by: Anonymous on Sep. 12, 2007 11:48

(noun) : an instance or period of a journalist traveling with a military unit : an instance or period of being embedded

If we're on an embed and we're dealing with these Iraqi forces, they're going to be very careful in what they say, because their American paymasters essentially are standing around. —Michael Ware, CNN, September 11, 2007

Submitted by: Anonymous on Sep. 12, 2007 11:40

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