catapult magazine

The mainstream US media is still happy to act as a mouthpiece of the government when US soldiers are attacking or being attacked. What is the role of the media? To rally the public to the cause, to inform, or to question? Here’s an article that questions:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1345991,00.html

And then there’s this one:
http://media.guardian.co.uk/site/story/0,14173,1346820,00.html