Government Manipulation?

Some claimed that the U.S government tried to manipulate the media to serve its own purpose. This is where the Joint U.S Public Affairs Office (JUSPAO) comes into play. The job JUSPAO was to inform a positive version of events in order to shore up morale among troops and to gain support from politicians to normal citizens. Avoid negative aspects such as large numbers of casualties or frequent attacks and promote the war by reporting victories and showing pictures that would be titled heroism (example below).

There have also been reports that JUSPAO tried to manage reporters by threatening to revoke their credentials if, they took close up pictures of dead soldiers without proper permission.