[manna]

Well, what do you know!

[RippleFire]

bump

[Wolverine]

This reporter "gets it."

[Atlas Sneezed]

Of course it was alright.

He'd better make sure that his spell-checker is all right. Perhaps a graduate of the Associated Press?

[m1911]

"The military have become a private club, and one that has learned to distrust most of the media"

I think that sentence works both ways...

"The media have become a private club, and one that has learned to distrust most of the military"

[yankeedeerslayer]

Great article. It's a shame that all Americans aren't willing to share the appreciation for the military.

It turns out to have been an excellent idea to have embedded reporters - to put a human face on the folks they typically loathe.

Just one day on the front for these peaceniks/Sadamites would change a lot of perspectives.

[PackerBoy]

There is Sarge, who grumbles that this war is all about oil and is far from sure he likes it.

Huh? If he doesn't know better, he is completely clueless.

[InterceptPoint]

Something fundamental has happened to the British and U.S. media during this war. Those who have spent time on the front lines with the coalition troops, whether embedded with individual units or traveling independently through liberated Iraq, have learned to love the military.

You have to give the Bush team some real credit here. I think they firmly believe that they can push back on the liberal left wing bias in the U.S. (and world) press simply by letting in some light on the actions of our great fighting men and women of the military. A great strategy and it is clearly working. This must be driving the Dems crazy.

[fightinJAG]

wonderful bump

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

PING!

[Indy Pendance]

ping

[big gray tabby]

Can you fix the link?

[aimhigh]

They are kind to one another, and considerate to civilians like us.

In other words, these are the first conservatives these liberal reporters have ever met. Most liberals are immersed in liberal clicks, and write their bile from bias, not experience.

[LiteKeeper]

bump

[facedown]

We began to understand their quiet pride in their skills, and the plain decency of the men and women who follow the profession of arms.

BTTT

[Pete'sWife]

One of these days, some of those embedded reporters will be in management positions.

Let's hope they remember all this.

[theDentist]

There was no question which side I was on.

Tsk tsk tsk. What ever happened to "objectivity"? Who is this man to turn his back on journalism just because he knows the names of those with whom he travels? The NY Times would not be happy with him.

[Nebullis]

NPR has been complaining loudly about the loss of "objectivity" by embedded reporters.

[Gamecock]

realizing that we in the media had better rethink the way we do our work

This is why I was in favor of embedding the media from the start. I knew once they saw us in action, they would come around.

[GWfan]

Bumpity bump. Nice thing to read with my coffee.