Sudhanva Deshpande comments on the “embedded journalism” of Arundhati Roy in Maoist territory. A shorter version of the article is appearing in the Outlook Magazine.

‘Embedded journalism refers to news reporters being attached to military units involved in armed conflicts. . . . Gina Cavallaro, a reporter for the Army Times, said, “They’re [the journalists] relying more on the military to get them where they want to go, and as a result, the military is getting smarter about getting its own story told.”’

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— Wikipedia on ‘Embedded Journalism’