  I like Geraldo Rivera. I know many who don't, but that rumor about him being "disembedded" has done nothing but raise his profile and stature as a journalist.
Everyone knows that the first rule of verbal combat is never to address the opposition directly - it's important to maintain some sort of dehumanization lest you give credence to your opponent's views. If it is truly the "rats" at MSNBC who started this rumor, I am in a chronic state of scratching my head to figure out why.
Surely such a lie would be easily found out. Point proven - no sooner had I read that the pentagon had issued Private Rivera a one-way pass back to Kuwait City, I glance over at Fox News and there he is! In addition to Peter "Baghdad Rose" Arnett, the brains behind that rumor ought to be fired. And urlLink Reuters ought to do a better job of confirming their facts. 
