Are the media under-reporting the good that's happening in Iraq?

[Bullshot]

Today, I talked with a cousin, whose grandson is stationed about 60 miles from Baghdad. She was complaining that the media are not giving the real picture of what's happening in Iraq, based on what her grandson is saying. She says her grandson, a U.S. Marine, has taken part in a successful rebuilding of the Iraqi infrastructure, including restoring electricity, building schools and seeing local people running the infrastructure. She said things in this region were considerably worse under Saddam.

Is this an isolated incident? Or, is she correct in saying that the media are only dwelling on the negatives coming from Iraq?