Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Is Afghanistan Getting Sufficient Coverage?

Is Afghanistan getting the appropriate level of coverage, considering the rapidly deteriorating situation there?

Topics: obama, iraq, bush, afghanistan

Monday, July 20, 2009

Iraq News Coverage Falls Off a Cliff

Last month I wrote about the dearth of Iraq coverage:

Scanning blogs, Twitter, print and cable news and thinking back to the mood of the country just a couple of years ago, it’s stunning to see the muted coverage of what would have been a momentous story: “U.S. combat troops prepared to leave the last of Iraq’s cities on Tuesday, a move hailed by authorities as restoring sovereignty and applauded by Iraqis even as they voice fears it may leave them more vulnerable.” Granted, I’m sure we’ll see more stories trickle in, but I doubt it will come anything close to the coverage of Iran protests, Michael Jackson, Madoff, Mark Sanford, etc.

Here’s a new chart from Pew that illustrates the point:

Topics: iraq

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

AC360: One Good Thing about Iraq? It Got Obama Elected

During a segment on AC360 on Tuesday night CNN correspondent Tom Forman ran through the costs and the benefits of the Iraq War. The “costs” portion of the segment was balanced enough. But check out the “benefits.” There’s a picture of President Barack Obama standing in front of an American flag.  “And there is this, not only did the war’s unpopularity lay the groundwork for Barack Obama’s election …” yadda yadda yadda.  That was a “benefit” of the Iraq War. 

Topics: obama, anderson-cooper, iraq

Monday, June 29, 2009

Stunning Lack of Coverage of Iraq Withdrawal

Scanning blogs, Twitter, print and cable news and thinking back to the mood of the country just a couple of years ago, it’s stunning to see the muted coverage of what would have been a momentous story...

Topics: iraq