TROOPS GET TIRED OF THE ONE SIDED PRESS COVERAGE

And who can blame them...I'm tired of it too.

Many troops in Iraq say media reports coming out of the country — and arriving on the television sets or doorsteps of their families’ homes in the States — aren’t capturing the whole picture. Some days in Iraq are much better than stories typically portray.

“You can’t judge 15 million people by the actions of 10,000,” says Spc. Brent Brendel, a member of the 1st Armored Division’s 1st Brigade from Friedberg, Germany. “I see the news media doing that a lot. That the Iraqis don’t want us here. And that’s just not the case.”