If you read Michael Yon, you know that there are certainly courageous journalists over there. This has little to do with the accuracy of their stories, or what's done with their work once it hits the editors over here.

The vast majority of journalist fatalities in Iraq are Iraqis, who are targeted for working with Western media. That they keep working shows guts, too.

I'm having some trouble figuring out where you think I get my news and information. Among many other places, I scan a wide range of conventional news sources, including foreign papers.

There are a lot of non-media websites, but I like to go past them to get to original information. I like these sites not because I consider them unimpeachable sources in themselves--they're not--but because they save me a lot of legwork in looking for those original sources. Wikipedia is a good example of this, as are many bloggers. I get a lot of information on Iraq from people actually working, living, and fighting there.