I absolutely disagree. If a "journalist" wanted to merely play up the sensational aspect of this he could certainly do so in either a pro-USA or anti-USA way, but this will be played as a "catastrophic" turn of events, just like Tet was.
The liberals will use this against Bush. Unfortunately for them, however, the most likely outcome is for America to persevere and bring this under control. In a couple of days there will be a lot fewer "insurgents" to contend with.
When the cockroaches run out into the open, they are squashed.
You and I agree to disagree then. I think many Americans don't care about good news. They only get their curiosity tweaked when they hear something is going wrong.
If good news sold better, you would hear more about all of the successes we've had in Iraq, you'd hear about this group or that group experiencing freedom for the first times in their lives. People get bored easily these days when it comes to the news.
I don't think it's appropriate to conduct a test like this, but if we posted an article talking about a success we've had in Iraq, and an article talking about something that didn't go so right, or maybe we had troops killed or wounded, I can guarantee that the second one would hit 100 replies many times faster than the first.