Lets puts some perspective on this embeded reporter mess

[wndycty]

It might be much ado about nothing. Can you guys tell me if every major news outlet has an embed on every campaign? If not can you explain to me why ABC and MSNBC should be OBLIGATED to finance such a feature for every candidate, especially if other outlets are not? Obviously if we are not hearing much from Braun, Kucinich and Sharpton WITH EMBEDS there are not truly being utilized anyway, so why should the networks continue to invest in them.

A POSTERS NOTE: I truly hope that they continue to the embed program for all of the candidates but if not its not a big deal. These candidates will still get coverage when there is news. Just for full disclosure one of my dear friends in an embed for one of the candidates that is losing embeds so I do not come to this decision lightly.

[wndycty]

1. shameless kick

:kick:

[bearfartinthewoods]

2. as i posted elsewhere

there has never been imbedded reporters or even much coverage period of MOST of the presidental candidates. where is coverage of the Greens or Natural Law or Libertarians. the media picks and chooses all the time.

it's just in this case it pretty well sucks.

[mikehiggins]

3. Embeds are dangerous, anyway

I haven't a clue why any candidate thinks these "embeds" are good ideas in the first place. They don't work for the candidate, or the campaign, but for news agencies that might well be opposed to the candidate as a matter of policy.

Don't make it easier for these clowns to learn what's going on inside the campaigns. That just makes it easier for them to screw you and stab you in the back when the official memo comes down that YOUR candidate is no longer in their favor.

Having these people around breaks down the essential suspicion a campaign should have of ALL outsiders. These embeds are not our friends even if we like them because they've been around so long and everyone likes to be paid attention to.

Do any candidates have the final say on what these folks report? Then why give them such wide access to subjects that are nobody's business but the candidates? This is a mistake and the campaigns should take advantage of the ABC move to remove ALL embeds from ALL the campaigns.

Make the newsmedia work for their stories, the way they are supposed to do. If they are going to lie, why give them more credibility by giving them access like that?

[wndycty]

4. Agreed

:kick: and if these embeds were doing actually being used all of the candidates would receive more coverage.