Beyond the fulminations and whimpers of the Bushies over a biased media, it seems that if anything the American press has been too polite in describing the catastophe underway in Iraq.

Check out this hair-raising piece  in Editor and Publisher based on a talk by veteran NYTimes war reporter Dexter Filkins who says that the anarchy and bloodshed sweeping Iraq has placed 98% of Iraq "off-limts" to reporters. Asked his advice he would offer a reporter heading to Iraq, he simply said "don't go."

Don't go, because you can hardly report anything at all. Even gettting out of a vehicle puts the life of a Western reporter at risk.  Just to get what news from Iraq that the NYT currenty collects requires the hiring, literally of a small army:

According to Filkins, the New York Times is burning through money "like jet fuel" simply to securely maintain its operations in the country.