This is the usual pap -- heard from right, left and middle -- that "the (fill in the blank media) don't report about (fill in the blank) because they are biased." Usually the second blank is filled in with the words "good news about..." This is a continuing issue and based on a total misunderstanding about journalism. Let's go to Journalism 101: *Journalists write news stories about conflict or human interest *Every so often journalists write a "situationer" or "analysys" piece that will cover the progression of a situation, perhaps from bad to good. *Despite all claims to the contrary, conflict and human interest pieces are what sells newspapers or garners advertising space/air time. "Good news" doesn't sell. Until I cut ... More »

This is an important issue, and deserves a strong, well-researched analysis. Morrissey points out the issue, but his analysis strikes me as superficial. He doesn't entertain other reasons for the decline of reporting on Iraq (the Presidential Campaign, for example).