Publius has the goods on a quagmire update. This is the point I keep trying to make with Dana. Just because the reconstruction of Iraq is not perfect doesn't mean it's not succeeding or worth doing. Yes there are problems and some of them very serious problems but that doesnt' mean all is doom and gloom. Sully has fallen into the same pit. Every story he does is about systemic torture, Rummy as a failure and Iraq is a mess. Throw in a posts about gay marriage and you have his blog. Use those four stories in perpetual rotation and you have his blog.

The problem is that there is no real balanced reporting. Pro-Bush blogs and, to a lesser extent, Fox News, gloss over the problems in Iraq and focus on the successes. They think they're equal time. They are highlighting the good as a counterweight to the bad news that the MSM churns out daily. The MSM is firmly against the President and love to report bad news. Moreover, it's how they act in every situation. Bad things are news, good things, are fluff pieces. Local news is the same way. A daily diet of rape and murder. You'd think Philadelphia was some sort of Hobbisian nightmare. It isn't. There is crime and it's horrible but it's not the norm.

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