>>>So, a war without embedded reporters would be just the same - maybe fewer reports from the spot, but just a bit more animation, more hotel reporting, and in case of satellite shutdown any invading army would make sure they establish fast internet first. Satellite camera/phone only looks sexy because its glitches make it look authentic, but they aren't any better than a simple webcam.
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>>I seem to recall during the Gulf War (II) one of the UK's reporters explaining the above relationship and that, despite our spelling instincts to the contrary, the expression was "in-bedded", as applies to "being in bed with them", as you've alluded to above.
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>I did not invent the expression, and I wasn't the only one who saw it that way. It's all a part of selling the war to the public.

Sure you didn't, and I'm not "correcting" you per se. I'd not have known or heard the difference if the reporter hadn't explained the term. It's just that they invebnted a new portmanteau word: "in-bedded".