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Stars and Stripes reports that the Pentagon has been extensively tracking the reporting of embedded journalists and grading them as…

Stars and Stripes reports that the Pentagon has been extensively tracking the reporting of embedded journalists and grading them as positive, negative or neutral. The newspaper reports that the profiles were compiled by an outside contractor.

The Pentagon had earlier told the paper that no such rating system exists, but the newspaper obtained copies of the reports, which were prepared by The Rendon Group, a Washington public relations firm.

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