Well, you can't say that the "mainstream" press isn't getting a reward for being a bunch of good little toadies to the B.F.E.E (Sorry Bart...had to borrow that too). According the Mistress of Spin at the five-sided monument to Mr. Murphy on the Potomac, Torie Clark alleged Journalists will be deployed to front-line units in Iraq...wait a minute, we're going to Iraq? Oh sorry, I was sleeping.

Anyhow, it looks like the Pentagon's folks in charge of being in charge, have either put together a crack team of totally friendly journalists, or they are going to monitor the living shit out of anyone with press credentials in-country. Forget about another Ernie Pyle, or some of the still-living legends of print journalism from Vietnam, or even some of the non-whore broadcast journalists of SE Asia, who actually reported on what they saw, good/bad/indifferent. I suspect it will be more like the depiction of the press train on M*A*S*H, than the press guys with the grunts. File the "wrong" story, be sent home or worse an all-expense paid trip to John Ashcrofts Permanent Summer Vacation Club and Gulag (Club Gitmo?)

Just wondering...Gitmo is a not even a nice place to visit, much less be living there. Trust me.

Update:
Just saw this quote from the article: "....It is a far better thing for a bona fide, credible source of information -- the news media" said Ms. Clarke. Independant Media and Professional Journalists my aching backside. MWO where are you?