An embedded civilian journalist taking photographs of U.S. soldiers in Dana, Afghanistan, 2007. (Michael L. Casteel, U.S. Army, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain) By Patrick Lawrence / Consortium News Some years ago, as the decline of American media became evident even among those not in the profession, friends and acquaintances began to ask two questions. Do journalists believe what they report and write? Or do they know what they tell us is misleading or false but mislead or lie so as to keep
All mainstream journalism is “embedded journalism” now, for the battlefield is everywhere, writes Patrick Lawrence in this excerpt from his new book, Journalists and Their Shadows.
By Patrick Lawrence
Special to Consortium News
Journalists and Their Shadows is out now from Clarity Press.