Michael Yon takes on the media here at home in his latest post:

Clearly, a majority of Americans believe the current set of outdated fallacies passed around mainstream media like watered down drinks at happy hour. Why wouldn’t they? The cloned copy they get comes from the same sources that list the specials at the local grocery store, and the hours and locations of polling places for town elections. These same news sources print obituaries and birth announcements, give play-by-play for local high school sports, and chronicle all the painful details of the latest celebrity to fall from grace.

There are several key items in this post, but Michael has always had a limit on how much of his work can be reproduced and I have always honored that request.

Please take the time to read his work. This analysis is compiled by a man who has served alongside coalition and Iraqi troops for quite some time now. His dispatches have always been fair and truthful, he calls them like he sees them. No rose colored glasses for Mr. Yon.

There is a section of this article which lays out an idea for improving the quality of information from Iraq which is reported here at home. If you agree this is an idea worth pursuing, please take the time to make that one phone call or send an email to a local paper.

Americans deserve more than we have experienced through the MSM when it comes to reporting on this war, but most of all, our US military deserves credit for their many accomplishments. Perhaps Michael Yon will be the one who finally breaks through that barrier.