Why is the media distorting the truth about Iraq?

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The media has been bias in its reporting on Iraq from the beginning. The most obvious examples are the way it misrepresents the number of military casualties and the absolute absence of any reports on positive changes in Iraq such as freedom of the people, women's rights, schools and hospitals being rebuilt, etc. etc.

To see how the media distorts the truth regarding our military casualties go here: http://www.politibyte.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=30

Osama Bin Laden's strategy is correct....to defeat the U.S. you have to defeat them here in America. His use of the media and the impact of his terrorism efforts have had a huge impact and the media has played along perfectly. It is true, we cannot be defeated in Iraq and the only way we will lose is if we lose in Washington.

It's like the old saying goes, "Americans love a winner". The large media corporations understand this. Americans were behind the war effort in the beginning. George Bush was elected to a 2nd term based on that fact. The support for the war only began to weaken after months and months of the media's "shark like frenzy" of attacking the administration and our military night after night. Misrepresenting the extent of our war casualties and failing to report any successes is the way they undermine the war effort and lead Americans to believe that we are not winning and are in fact losing in Iraq. This is simply not true.

Americans do deserve to hear the full complete truth on Iraq, the good and the bad. Freedom of the press only works when the media is not controlled by a handful of people who have their own political agenda. In today's world, it's not the government you have to watch to protect our freedom of the press, it's "the press" themselves.