I am sure most people have seen or heard about the wikileaks.org leaked video of American soldiers shooting unarmed Reuters reporters... then firing on a good Samaritan and his family who stopped to help.  CNN reported on it too.  Their report is worth a read for its exceptional matter-of-factness, and convenient omission of some crucial facts. 

 Here are some choice quotes from the article and my translation/supplement.

CNN:  "A total of 139 journalists, nearly 120 of them Iraqis, have been killed during the 7-year-old war, according to the Committee To Protect Journalists. Reuters said the deaths of Chmagh and Noor-Eldeen "were tragic and emblematic of the extreme dangers that exist in covering war zones."" 

Banterrific:  Oops.. silly war correspondents!  You shouldnt be out on the streets with you cameras in war time!  dont you know how dangerous that is?  If you get cut apart by blood-thirsty Americans shooting anything that moves on the ground its YOUR fault!

 CNN:  "This footage is deeply disturbing and reminds us of what journalists in war zones undergo to bring us the news," Joel Simon, the group's executive director, said in a written statement. "

Banterrific:  Again.. You dumb journalists, how dare you think you can just walk around with your camera while murderers are in the sky circling you!

CNN: "One of two photojournalists killed in a 2007 attack by a U.S. helicopter gunship in Iraq was being rescued when the gunship's crew fired on the van to which he was being carried, according to footage posted online Monday.

Reuters photographer Saeed Cmagh survived an initial strafing by the Apache gunship's 30 mm machine gun, but he apparently died when the gunship opened fire on people attempting to get him off the sidewalk where he lay, according to the video"

Banterrific:  Some bloodthirsty pieces of human detritis in a soldier uniform actually fired on a good Samaritan... and his 2 kids... all unarmed.. stopping to help!  And here's what he said while he was doing it:  "Oh yeah, look at those dead bastards," He then begged for permission to open fire on the van and its occupants, even though they are clearly  helping the wounded: "Come on, let us shoot!"   THIS IS THE STORY CNN!  What is being done on a regular basis in Iraq IN OUR NAME. 

CNN completely missed (missed implies accidently... lets say avoided) the obvious story line and basically said... Yep, its tough being a war correspondent.  Why?  Why would they do this?  Anyone who sees this video and isn't a government shill, a warmonger/propagandist, or clinically insane can see the story that CNN missed.  How can you win hearts and minds when you do this on a regular basis?  How can our army operate with such disregard for human life specifically civilian life and hope to change attitudes and make any lasting change in the region?  How can they NOT hate us when this type of horrific behavior is normal, and sanctioned, and no one found anything wrong with what these soldiers did?  Why would CNN not even touch on this story?   Why, because they are shilling propoganda, they are part of the war machine, they are an extension fo the military-industrial complex.  They are pathetic and they are NOT journalists.