I don't believe for one second that the things that occurred at Abu Ghraib were stunts orchestrated by CBS, and it is insulting to true military personal to even suggest so. There are actually two distinct story lines that are inter-related and point to the same failures in underlying policies regarding Abu Ghraib: the photos taken for the sexual amusement of homosexual men and simple-minded horny women, and the disgustingly poor organizational leadership of the two generals in charge of the MP and MI units at the facility. Their failures in leadership are the direct result of PC promotions and policies that have and are ruining our military's ability to prosecute a war. The very fact that none of the real perpetrators of the sex crimes at Abu Ghraib have been prosecuted yet should tell most of you all you need to know about how internal gender politics are driving nearly every decision coming out of the Pentagon.
What happened at Abu Garab was real.
How it was played up, dragged through the mud, and hyped was entirely an MSM creation led by CBS for political reasons (making the Bush Admin look incompetent).
No however those photos should never have gone to the media. It was being handled by military justice. Some lib media had inroads they should not have had to those pics.