The United States military has decided to cancel its partnership with a controversial public relations firm after the story started hitting the news waves. U.S. public affairs officers have said that the PR firm would give a background check to reporters who wanted to embed with military units. The PR firm would categorize a journalists work depending on whether they put the United States in a positive or negative light. They said they were simply using the information to find out what kind of reporters they were dealing with, but many think there was more to it than just that.