(http://readwrite.com/files/fields/Facebook_Ipad.jpg)
In the endless game of keeping-up-with-the-Joneses that is social media, Facebook has just emulated Twitter and announced that it, too, will let online publications and bloggers embed public posts (https://developers.facebook.com/blog/post/2013/07/31/introducing-embedded-posts/) including pictures, hashtags, status updates and videos. Twitter has allowed users to embed tweets in online posts for almost two and a half years (http://readwrite.com/2011/03/30/twitter_announces_fully-functional_embedded_tweets).
Facebook's embedding differs from Twitter in that it's only available to a few select sites at the moment. (Twitter embeds are available to anyone.) At the moment, only Mashable, CNN, People, Huffington Post, and The Bleacher Report have entered that charmed circle; Facebook declares that a "broader rollout (http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/31/facebook-embeds/)" is coming soon.
CNN embedded this post from Facebook on its site (sorry, all we have is the screenshot):
(http://readwrite.com/files/CNN-screenshot%20of%20the%20British%20Monarchy.png)
ReadWrite