When police have cameras on ride-alongs, as on programs like “Cops,” there is evidence that they don’t behave the way they normally would. Some ham it up, even to the point of using greater force, while others think too hard about how their decisions or actions will look on camera.

I suspect something similar could happen with an embedded reporter who is tasked with providing especially interesting content. It seems a bad mix to be putting in such a dangerous situation.

This whole Yahoo! thing doesn’t quite smell right, I agree. Are we seeing a popularization of war correspondance? Are there going to be reality shows and trading cards after this?

Although I am all for the general public taking more interest in affairs overseas, I am wary of slick graphics and the “Survivor-ization” of it all. This is real life after all, not some voyeuristic simulation.

It is going to be very interesting watching how this turns out.

Seem to me that is more like a Sites-seeing tour and something to give bloggers fodder for … hmmm … never mind.

Just a note: KS is the guy who gave the world the report on the Marine in Fallujah Mosque story:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4646406