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Originally Posted by NirvanaMan
but I still have to believe accounts relayed to me from those on the scene that are angry with our media's lack of recognition for their successes and misportrayal of the actuality of the events.
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As I'm too fried right now to dig up a cite, I'll just put this out there anecdotally and you can take it for what it's worth.
I read an interesting interview with a CNN reporter who was in Baghdad, don't remember which one. He/she made the point that, many times, they are forbidden by the military to report good news. The reason given was that the military was afraid that if they reported that a particular sector was doing well, it would be targetted next. The reported stated that there is good news but that they are not allowed to report it.
I find that plausable and also think it sheds some light on the argument made by many on the right that the media is failing to report good news.
And I don't deny that there have been good things that have happened in Iraq. Sadly, I think those days are over though. I listened to military commander after military commander the other day state that a full blown civil war is a real possibility in the near future. That isn't media spin. That is what the people that are there are reporting. And right now, I trust what General Peter Pace says just a tad more than Rummy telling us that things are going great.