Media Bias? Photographs and images have replaced words in covering the war in many respects. Editors choose which photos to publish.  You'll have to look hard to find dead bodies or other images of the shear terror of war in the American media, but find it shown much more readily in Europe and especially the Middle East.   What view you get on the war may also depend on where your reporter is stationed.  Are they operating independently or embedded (working along side) with the troops.

Embedded Reporters Don't Necessary Get it Right!

Arizona Republic Interprets Photograph Incorrectly!

CAPTION OF AP PHOTO included with editorial of the Editorial Board of the Arizona Republic, “A Force for Freedom,” Sunday, March 23, 2003

FROM REUTERS:  Bodies Litter Desert as Battles Rage, March 23, 2003

One group of Iraqi boys on the side of the road smiled and waved as a convoy of British tanks and trucks rolled by. 

But once it had passed, leaving a trail of dust and grit in its wake, their smiles turned to scowls. 

"We don't want them here," said 17-year-old Fouad, looking angrily up at the plumes of grey smoke rising from Basra. 

He pulled a piece of paper from the waistband of his trousers. Unfolding it, he held up a picture of Saddam, showing the Iraqi leader sitting on a throne with a benign smile. 

"Saddam is our leader," he said defiantly. "Saddam is good."