The year is 2006, you watch TV, you browse through various news stations to know the recent news in Iraq, most of the news simply says that "x" amount of soldiers or Marines were killed in such and such an attack. You don't like what you're hearing, so you go online to read a story about independent embedded journalists (embedded refers to journalists who are assigned to military units). Online we read that two new schools were built and that the Iraqis, supported by US forces, conducted an attack to capture an insurgent leader. Big media companies like FOX, NBC, CNN and many others distort the facts on the ground. Small, mostly independent reporters generally try to get a first-hand account of the situation on the ground. I stand alongside them with soldiers, sailors and marines. In some cases these journalists may have to drop their camera or pen and defend themselves. These examples bring a lot of questions I want to know. The biggest of these questions is: How do these different types of journalism, the “mainstream media,” and small independent reporters influence the opinions the American people hold at home? The reason I chose this topic is that after reading The Good Soldiers and Moment of Truth in Iraq, I was intrigued by the striking difference between what is written in the books and what CNN reported on the nightly news. I haven't found a "good" answer to my question, however I have drawn three conclusions. The conclusions are as follows: the “big media” misinterprets information from the battlefield to suit their own agendas; the media fails to get a deeper personal insight and instead reports after the smoke has cleared instead of what happened during the... middle of the paper... troops more or less in Iraq multiple times. Yon uses the book to go into block-by-block detail of the 1st Battalion, 24th Infantry Regiment (Deuce Four) of the 25th Infantry Division in Mosul, Iraq. Furthermore, Yon believes that FOX and CNN do not do this. Throughout the book Yon recounts his time with the Deuce Four and provides details about the Iraqis who worked with US forces. Yon describes the way politics works in Iraqi cities and towns. It describes why a corrupt Iraqi police chief was allowed to remain in power and his eventual arrest by Iraqi and U.S. forces. It provides a much more personal, yet political, view of the war in Iraq. This book would be a good read for anyone who loves war books, especially books that include (graphic) pictures. It would also be a good read for anyone wanting a more in-depth look at the Iraq War and some of the politicians (in Iraq) involved..