Well this certainly smacks of professionalism:

As I passed through the Media Operations Center at Bagram Air Base today, I saw a CNN story contrasting Iraq and Afghanistan. My biggest beef with the story is that CNN continues to show footage of Marines involved in heavy combat in Ramadi every time they talk about the war. Unfortunately that the footage was shot in 2005. This is usually overlaid on a big screen when they have a talking head pontificating on the war. They’re just using it as background footage, but it gives the American people the subtle message that the fighting is still that intense - when in reality Iraq is now probably safer than Columbus, Ohio. It’s dishonest, and they should stop doing it.

Iraq is still one of the biggest stories the media is covering right now, and the war is also one of the most important issues in the upcoming elections.  Given that, you’d think Americans would deserve to know what things look like in Iraq right now.

Of course, if the media did that the public might start to grasp just how wrong the left and the media have been on Iraq almost since the beginning.