Here’s my beef about the regime media. Well, it’s one of many beefs, including its bizarre, biased, and absolute commitment to America’s defeat in this struggle against seventh-century pagan tyranny, but let’s put aside the ideological part for just a minute. I mean, we’ve beaten that to death, much like the Iranians beat to death their own citizens, over which the regime media covers for them. No, I’m just talking about journalism as a profession. I’m talking basic skills at informing folks of stuff. They aren’t. They’re just doing a terrible job of reporting the objective facts of this conflict. This is the worst-reported war I’ve ever had the misfortune to see, and I’ve been involved with some at a personal level.

Here’s the bottom line, beyond what we get from the Pentagon briefings, which are important. We really don’t know what the heck’s going on in this war at any granular level. That wasn’t true in previous wars, and it should be unacceptable now. Journalists should figure out how to do their damn job and report what’s happening. Here’s some stuff we haven’t seen, which would be nice to see?

Who are the mullahs and what is the Islamic Republic?

What is the history of Iranian terrorism?

How does Iran maintain internal oppression?

What’s the history of its nuclear program and why is this idiocy about “But muh fatwa against nukes”? So dumb?

How do drones, ballistic missiles and their defenses work?

What is the estimated Iranian order of battle?

How have Israel and the US forces integrated to fight this battle?

You know, basic stuff, so people have an idea about what’s happening.

What coverage do we get? Talking points and zero depth. Every day, we get shots of General Dan Caine and Secretary of War Hegseth standing up and talking about the prior day’s operations. Again, there is nothing wrong with that. That’s good, that’s important, that’s big-picture stuff, but it shouldn’t be the only thing we get. Then we get the talking heads, and that’s the same as it ever was. We see a lot of old generals, most of whom were generals during the 30-year interregnum when America failed to unequivocally win a major war, talking about big-picture strategic stuff. We do get some folks talking in a more street-level manner, particularly my........

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