Media problems in Iraq

[Colonel Ingus]

http://www.commentarypage.com/johnson/johnson062904.php

Interesting article that brings reporting methods to light and differs from what the media would have us percieve.

Well how would you expect a report who has never had to be in such conditions be able to report it? The only thing he would be able to write about it how it's worse there than it is here even if things ae getting better he wouldn't be able to notice it just because his former quality of life.

[Colonel Ingus]

I can understand what you are saying there LordShard but I, and I think a few others here, have questioned this before.

Iraq veterans often say they are confused by American news coverage, because their experience differs so greatly from what journalists report. Soldiers and Marines point to the slow, steady progress in almost all areas of Iraqi life and wonder why they don’t get much notice – or in many cases, any notice at all.

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Since he didn't, he couldn’t see how the Iraqis outside of the red splotch reacted to us. People of every age waved and smiled as we rumbled past (except male youths, who, like their American counterparts, were too cool for that kind of thing.) Our major security problem was keeping friendly crowds of people away from us so we could spot bad guys.

I'm not arguing that as is well over there and that problems aren't occuring but we never see any good things reported. It's hard to find any American major media sources showing anything positive.

I don't want all happy go lucky human interest stories but how about a balance in news coverage? Would that be so bad?