After the Iraq War the BBC commissioned research from Cardiff University to examine how the embedding system worked.

The findings are being released today at the News Xchange conference in Budapest.

The headline: "The criticisms that were made at the time, that the embedded reporters were more likely to give a pro-war spin, do not hold up.

"But we do have some reservations, particularly about the narrative that is created by embedded reports, where the only discussion is about who's winning and who's losing, with little of the wider picture."

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