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Journalists’ recent work examined before embeds | Stars and Stripes](http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=64348):

As more journalists seek permission to accompany U.S. forces engaged in escalating military operations in Afghanistan, many of them could be screened by a controversial Washington-based public relations firm contracted by the Pentagon to determine whether their past coverage has portrayed the U.S. military in a positive light.