Iraqi's want US to stay awhile

[Sir_Die_alot]

I haven't heard any major western news source give any impression to the contrary. Both dissent and assent are regularly reported, from Fox News clear on through to the BBC.

Maybe Fox News is good about reporting positive things, but I don't get it so I can't wach it. When I get an Iraq update it is always about bombings, protests, soldier deaths, setbacks, and low troop moral. Visiting the web pages of big media sometimes yeilds some positive reporting, at the bottom of the page. Not an accurate conveyance of what is going on.

You, however, appeared to be taking a stance against people who report negative things, this "yellow journalism". Was I wrong in deducing this from your post?

Yes you were wrong. You ignored the sentance "When you seek to focus on only the good or the bad that is propaganda."

Of course, in the pursuit of truth, which is the job of a journalist, support for the troops and the international standing of one's country must always be left aside, since truth alone is the aim. Right?

That's right truth is the aim, all of it. Even what doesn't fit with their political feelings on the subject. This is not about directly supporting the troops, this is about accurate reporting. A journalist does not need to wear a flag pin but when things are selected and reported in a way that misrepresents the situation that is bad journalism. When it is done deliberately that is yellow journalism.