Israelis allow embedding of TV reporters

Israeli military chiefs are beginning to allow the embedding of journalists with their ground troops in southern Lebanon. For most journalists, daily military briefings have been the only source of information. But the authorities acceded to pleas from the Foreign Press Association in Jerusalem by tentatively starting an embedding process. So far only a handful of TV crews - including one led by Emma Hurd of Sky News - have been allowed to accompany Israeli troops into Lebanon. Dion Nissenbaum, the Jerusalem bureau chief for America's McClatchy newspapers, says a pooling system is in place but it is far from perfect. National Public Radio correspondent Eric Westervelt was more blunt: he says pool reporting attempts have been "pathetic." (Via baltimoresun.com)