I think the failure of the presstitutes is a combination of (1) half of them are anti-US and want to point to anything that can make this look like a bad thing and (2) they're hypersensitive to any remotely bad thing to the civilians, they act as if we swore to fight a war without using bullets and with no bloodshed.
No matter how much the US tiptoes through this bending over backwards to ensure that every Iraqi puppy gets three square meals a day, the media will dwell on anything bad they can find and spin it out of all proportion.