Well I think you will already know my comments on this. Sure I DO think they use this kind of stuff before elections. Hell ya, it sways the public. My thoughts, where's the other side of this? Why does CNN and the like always post the negative? You mean to tell me they can't find any of the positive events occuring in IRAQ all the time? Bull hockey! 
I talk to guys who are there and were there and they think the NEWS MEDIA STINKS! I just got done talking to my nephew who is in the NAVY and he can't believe the crap that the TV networks place on the air. They are wondering where all the GOOD NEWS is? To be honest it sickens most of our troops. 