One reason for poor MSM coverage of the war

It may not be bias...StrategyPage writes:

...few of these journalists are reporting much. On any given day, fewer than a dozen reporters are embedded with combat units, and actually out there.... Most journalists are in the Green Zone, or some well-guarded hotel. There, they depend on Iraqi stringers to gather information, and take pictures for them....

Nothing new about using local stringers in dangerous areas. .... The problem is, the pool of available Iraqi talent is mostly Sunni Arab. Many of these folks side with the bad guys. And all Iraqi journalists, especially those working for foreigners, are subject to intimidation, or bribery. While some of the foreign reporters may be aware of all this, some aren't, and many of the rest don't care. The truth won't set them free, but supplying stories their editors are looking for, will. It wasn't always this way, but that's the way it is these days.