Perspectives of war

We are at war and we should thus read, watch, and listen to mainstream media accounts of the war. It pays to apply critical reading, viewing, and listening skills to that news, but the media does provide a very basic line of information on the war. You are doing yourself a disservice if you are not following what the embeds are writing, photographing, and video taping, though. Take this piece by Michael Fumento for example. You will learn more about the environment on the ground in Iraq from his one piece than you will in ten MSM pieces. Do yourself a favor and read it, and if you can, talk with a couple of soldeirs or former soldiers who have been in Iraq. While the mainstream media has provided a basic foundation of information on the Iraq war, they have been horribly negligent in actually helping the public understand what is going on over there. These embeds and soldiers who have returned home will teach you what you need to know just through their stories.