Bob Schieffer wants to hear more about Iraq? Fine. But if he just reports US combat deaths and stops there, he’s omitting the broader picture that’s available and therefore distorting the reality of the war. He’s omitting reporting on what the troops are fighting and dying for. That’s what the media has been doing almost from the beginning, and it’s past time they stop.
That would mean fair reporting from multiple angles. How can you press an anti-war agenda that way?
by Stephan Tawney on December 3, 2007