Many military officers, meanwhile, grew deeply distrustful and resentful of the media, feeling that it focused on the negative—bombings and casualties--- while neglecting the positive, such as political progress and reconstruction efforts. "I would speculate that the vast majority of American soldiers, ... by time they left Iraq, we pretty much hated them," said Maj. Jay Bachar, an Reserve civil affairs officer. "They are bald-faced liars. . . . I could just go on on, but the media clearly, clearly as any soldier over there will tell you, have an anti-U.S. agenda and are willing to propagandize falsehoods in furtherance of their own agenda."
It's pretty clear Maj. Bachar doesn't like the Press and we've heard the radio wingnuts spew the same complaint, time and time again. It's as if the failures in Iraq were due primarily to the Press reporting the facts instead of clapping louder.
This attitude still exists and can be seen in the e-mail Gen. Petraeus' spokesman sent to Glenn Greenwald. I have to give Gen. Petraeus credit for not following the lead that Huge Ego Hewitt offered him:
HH: Is the media doing a good job of taking that ample amount of information and transmitting it in an objective fashion in your view, General Petraeus?
DP: I think they generally are.
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