Okay then. When Bush or conservatives who believe in the overall objective for the Iraq War say that there is progress which we are not seeing on the MSM, what is the response?
Find me a story that doesn't say he (or in your view, us) is optimistic "despite the reality on the ground." Never will you see an admission that the press puts US abuses, US mistakes and Bush's "bubble" on the front page because it sells to their audience. Even if you discount the documented facts (which you can look up) that the press is overwhelmingly liberal, they could for once look for the stories that actually support the war effort. They wouldn't spend their time on it.
I was a liberal. I know how they think. They don't look for positive stories (or anything from the conservative point of view). But that's not the point. The press only challenges positive news that put the US in a good light...you will not see them challenge allegations of America's evil from the enemy or from foreign countries.
I don't think you believe the MSM is always accurate and tell the whole picture. However, if you are a conservative...have you ever seen a story in the MSM which does not challenge the conservative point of view (or ignore it completely)? Compare that to the number of times the liberal/anti-war/anti-gun/anti-small govt/tax reducing point of view is reported without challenge.
Too many folks got burned with Desert Storm for being on the wrong side of that issue and there was reluctance at the beginning to be on the wrong side of Op Iraqi Freedom.
Clearly, that has changed. Part of that is the politics of the media. Part of it is the reality of how the war has played out.