The indictments of the MSM in this piece for failure to provide adequate coverage of events since the surge began may have some merit - I don't know. Yet I find it hard to accept reporting, such as this blog post, that is clearly aimed at discrediting all major MSM journalistic outlets without addressing any of the issues the MSM has covered. Are our military officers shills of the democrats for suggesting that the military is nearing a breaking point? The style of this piece is snarky and clearly biased toward the right and it ignores incredible financial cost to our country to continue funding a war with no clear definition of victory and no exit plan. Sorry, there is no number of embedded reporters sufficient to turn this ... More »

This article uses a lot of name-calling and opinion with little fact. I don't consider it journalism.

This is frankly an insult to our intelligence. The argument is that the media is doing the bidding of democratic politicians. That's plainly absurd. Who controls the mainstream media? A rhetorical question. But it's not Pelosi et al. What this rightist blog wants is positive reporting. Not unbiased reporting. This author, together with Yon and others don't understand the flaws in embedded reporting, which only gives (as Yon does) biased and delusional impressions of the war. They're so uninformed they think the Al Qaeda in Iraq is Bin Laden's organization and not a Suni front fighting for dominance over the Shi'a. Pure brainwashing.

Jules Crittenden laments the lightweight war coverage in the MSM. He's right, AP, NYT, LAT, and Wash Post coverage is non existant. We don't get names of units, commanders, or places, no anecdotes, no videos of action, numbers of enemy killed or taken prisoner, Air Force missions, logistical support, decorations, battle maps. The only decent stories coming back from Iraq are from Michael Yon and Bill Roggio, free lancers who are doing it on their own nickel, and the mil bloggers.

Perhaps the reason media coverage of the war is absurd is because Iraq is an absurd war. After years of conflict we still don't know the reasons America rushed to invade a second-rate country ruled by a third-rate dictator--once our valued ally. By failing to secure the country, we provided fertile ground for the resurgence of terrorism. As for the media, they are owned by no more than eight to nine corporations--GE, Viacom, Time-Warner, etc. What's refreshing is that their reporting is becoming more candid. That hasn't always been the case under this administration.