http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/12/20/the-portrait-from-iraq-how-the-press-has-covered-events-on-the-ground/ As The Media Watches The World, We Watch The Media Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:41:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/12/20/the-portrait-from-iraq-how-the-press-has-covered-events-on-the-ground/#comment-9081 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:43:57 +0000 http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/12/20/the-portrait-from-iraq-how-the-press-has-covered-events-on-the-ground/#comment-9081 As a daily reader of events going on in Iraq, I have to say, generally speaking, that the overall tone of journalistic balance in the reporting of those events has been reasonably good. There are those (reporters)who, for a variety of reasons, express what clearly is an "agenda",in respects to how they present a particular story to the reader. But, in my opinion, that represents more the exception, than the rule. Taking into account that bad news indeed makes for better and probably more attentive readership, it would stand to reason that there might be a "lean" in that direction. It would be nice though, to see and read a little bit more about some of the noticeably positive things going on in Iraq - and to do so from a more humanistic point of view. I, as a reader would really like to see that. I definitely need a break. As a daily reader of events going on in Iraq, I have to say, generally speaking, that the overall tone of journalistic balance in the reporting of those events has been reasonably good. There are those (reporters)who, for a variety of reasons, express what clearly is an “agenda”,in respects to how they present a particular story to the reader. But, in my opinion, that represents more the exception, than the rule. Taking into account that bad news indeed makes for better and probably more attentive readership, it would stand to reason that there might be a “lean” in that direction. It would be nice though, to see and read a little bit more about some of the noticeably positive things going on in Iraq - and to do so from a more humanistic point of view. I, as a reader would really like to see that. I definitely need a break.

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