Iraqi Constitution: Why all the doom and gloom?

This morning, according to Google News (they report stories that are getting the most coverage) the fact that the Iraqi constitution isn't in place yet, and may be delayed again, is the headline.

Why does the main stream media have to cover this particular aspect of the Iraqi constitution? Not that it's not somewhat important to the political climate of the middle east...but these doom and gloom stories really need to be balanced against Iraq will be the first constitutional democracy ever in the middle east that strives to take all the different views into account.

My only guess is that this focus on the negative sells newspapers, which I believe is largely true.

Yes...I want to say "they just don't like Bush", but I think they want to make money even more than they dislike Bush. Reporting against those in power is popular - point out that their policies suck, they're stupid, misguided, etc., and you sell news. Sell more news, get more market share. Get more market share, advertisers pay more. Advertisers pay more, you make more.

Remeber, even when Slick Willie was prez, the press was fast to critisize him as well.

I guess in the end I think it's cruelly ironic that the news outlets that report the radical left point of view ad nauseum really have little in common with them.