Iraq's War of Perception

Continuing the saga of the bogus "Burning Sunni" story, Austin Bay details how the press can limit such fictional reporting:

For years I have supported forming a National News Council — in part because I knew and respected Norman Isaacs, the man who ran the Council for five years. (The Council existed from 1973-83.)
I also know what a “professional clearing house” like the News Council can do for press credibility.
I now compare a “news council-type investigatory group” to policemen putting videocameras on their vehicles. An overwhelming percentage of the time the videocams support the policeman’s version of events. I think a news council would back up the good, ethical reporters — and encourage the aggressive pursuit of the truth.

I think the problem is getting desperate, as the terrorists freely use our liberal press for propoganda to incite violence against democracies. They have to censor themselves or I'm afraid the Freedom of the Press will be taken away.