Of Course the Media Failed in Iraq -- Here's Why

Will Bunch: Of Course the Media Failed in Iraq -- Here's Why: 

"When something goes as terribly wrong as this did, I think what journalists need to do (and this is what I did, essentially) is take a deep breath and ask yourself: Why do I get up and do this every morning? Of course, there's no simple one-word answer -- most journalists like to write or be in the center of action, or both. But I think most folks in the business would agree that we should want to get as close to the real truth of any given situation -- by any means necessary. And most journalists at least started our careers with the idea, somewhere in the back of our heads, that covering the news the right way would make the world a better place than we had first discovered it."