Who is the real story?

Iraq is a dangerous place. Ok, a very dangerous place.

The world has watched as troops are wounded, killed, and abducted. Every day, the liberal media churns out stories and news reports about roadside bombs, car bombings, and other IED's (improvised explosive devices).

The aforementioned slanted media reports on the explosions, violence, and the so-called "civil war" they claim is happening, but what about the real stories? How about writing an above-the-fold piece on every American soldier that is killed or has his/her life destroyed by a horrific injury?

But instead of remembering the lives of our American heroes, the left-wing media writes about its own. When ABC News anchor Bob Woodruff was severely injured by a roadside IED a few months back, I felt bad. I really did. But since when did the storyteller become the story?

In early April 2003, NBC reporter David Bloom collapsed while covering the Iraq War. He died shortly after of what doctors said was a pulmonary embolism, basically a blood clot that restricted bloodflow to his lungs. The media had a FIELD DAY with this one. Hours of coverage, tribute programs all over MSNBC (or MSLSD as my buddy Mark Levin calls it), and countless newspaper and magazine stories. All of this for a reporter?

What about the brave American men and women who have died fighting for freedom? Has our biased media forgotten about them? Instead of writing about the IED's that explode in Tikrit, how about a nice piece on the 20-year-old kid that died while trying to rescue a comrade? Or about the 34-year-old father of two who was shot by an insurgent sniper while on routine patrol? Or, heaven forbid, producing a segment for the nightly news on the PROGRESS that we have made in Iraq?

When Jill Carroll, journalist for the Christian Science Monitor, was released yesterday, it was a great moment for everyone. She had been held for three months by an unknown group and it looked like she would not be seen alive ever again. But again, our not-so-straight media has covered her story extensively since news of her freedom was spread.

I am not trying to dishonor these people in any way. Journalists covering the war face danger every second of the day and I admire their courage and desire to seek the story. But please, do not dishonor the lives of our American heroes by doing nothing to remember their sacrifices.

-Jason