Knowing your sources

It’s not that MSM reporting of the Iraq conflict can be inaccurate, it’s that it can be remarkably inaccurate, with no evident self-correction mechanism.  Consider the case of this weekend’s searing headlines of increased violence, as reported by the wires.

Now consider that with only a modicum of intellectual curiosity–this time generously provided by a single blog–we learn that these headlines are nothing but rubbish and do nothing but inflame criticism and further hysteria. These headlines are the spam of the traditional media and are devoured whole by groupthink know-nothings.
Why, Media, do you demand accountabililty and consistency from government when you cannot indulge in such niceties yourselves?  At the very least–please stop scaring the grandmas!