Instapundit linked up this Tech Central op-ed that takes a look at the wider implications of the media's "conventional war wisdom" and how it relates to the reporting in Fallujah (among other places):

Since the Vietnam era, American journalists seem to operate by an ethic reversing the infamous slogan of antiwar demonstrators, who chant "media lies, people die." Much more accurate would be to say "people die, media lies."

I tend to take a "between the lines" approach with MSM's reporting in Iraq, learning at least as much from what we don't hear about as from what we do. For instance, when's the last time you heard a report on Iraq's creaking infrastructure, Sistani opposing some aspect of the colation's efforts, or chaos anywhere other than the "Sunni triangle"? Since bleeding equates to leading in our gnat-like media, no news sometimes really seems to be good news.