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To give an example of how the media reports events...a month or two ago a Division Commander that had recently returned from Iraq was interviewed. At one point the interviewer asked the General how well was the media doing at reporting events. He replyed by relating this story. One of the units in his command one one day were on the receiving end of two mortar rounds. That was reported my the media as the unit fell under heavy artillary attack. No artillary involved and two rounds from a motar does not consist of a heavy attack. The General also talked about the relationship between his troops and ordinary Iraqi's and he said for the most part the relationship was good in is AO.
I take all media reports from any source about any subject with a grain of salt. They mis-report...they use adjectives to exploit their reports to the point that there is actually little truth to what actually occurred...all to attrack viewers and increase the bottom line.
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