the three major tele- vision networks, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and other leading newspapers, Morris argues that journalists reported "for the most part fairly and accurately and sometimes brilliantly."
While critics argue that the U.S. media credited exaggerated esti- mates of civilian losses from dubious sources, Morris says his own care- ful examination of the record shows this to be untrue. NBC reported on June 6 that civilian casualties were "unknown"; CBS's...