Lo/Slo
No coherent opinion across the whole media? Absolutely right.
The media is on the other side (lies about the Israeli Army, screwed the US forces in Vietnam)? Absolutely wrong.
What lies about Israel's army, BTW? Do you mean they don't shoot unarmed children, don't use helicopter gunships to assassinate 'enemies' and aren't illegally occupying vast sections of the West Bank and aren't protecting illegal settlements?
And were the media responsible for the failure in Vietnam, or politicians, or attempting to fight an unwinnable war, with unreliable allies, using poor tactics?
And while the general media just want stories, most of the specialist Defence correspondents in "Fleet Street" come from a forces background - many seem to be ex Infantry junior officers, or from the TA. All take defence editor/reporter jobs because they are interested in defence, and are committed to reporting about it, and even for fighting for its best interests. Though some may sometimes have a funny way of showing it, I'll admit.