media bias? where?

right in the headlines, as usual. example:
8,000 US TROOPS DESERT DURING IRAQ WAR

sounds pretty bad, right? the war is, obviously, driving our soldiers out of the service. unless you bother to finish the first sentence of the article:

"...although the overall desertion rate has plunged since the Sept. 11 attacks in 2001."

and here:

Desertion numbers have dropped since 9/11. The Army, Navy and Air Force reported 7,978 desertions in 2001, compared with 3,456 in 2005. The Marine Corps showed 1,603 Marines in desertion status in 2001. That had declined by 148 in 2005.
...
Desertions in 2005 represent 0.24% of the 1.4 million U.S. forces.

and, further down in the article, the navy at least says that nearly 60% of their deserters come back and finish up their terms.

but you know, we wouldn't want to put any of the good news in bold print, would we?

h/t say anything.