U.S. media curtail Iraq war coverage: study

[Psycho4Bud]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. media reporting of the war in Iraq fell sharply in the second quarter of 2007, largely due to a drop in coverage of the Washington-based policy debate, a study released Monday said.

Taken together, the war's three major story lines -- the U.S. policy debate, events in Iraq and their impact on the U.S. homefront -- slipped roughly a third, to 15 percent of an index of total news coverage, down from 22 percent in the first three months of the year.

The study by the Project for Excellence in Journalism examined 18,010 stories that appeared between April 1 and June 29. Its "News Coverage Index" encompasses 48 outlets, including newspapers, radio, online, cable and network television.

The project is a research group studying and evaluating press performance. It describes itself as nonpartisan, nonideological and nonpolitical. The index is designed as an audit of a broad cross-section of U.S. news media.
U.S. media curtail Iraq war coverage: study - Yahoo! News

Bad news sells.......hmmmmmm, MAYBE the Dems were wrong again.

Have a good one!:s4:

Psycho4Bud Reviewed by Psycho4Bud on 08-21-2007. U.S. media curtail Iraq war coverage: study WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. media reporting of the war in Iraq fell sharply in the second quarter of 2007, largely due to a drop in coverage of the Washington-based policy debate, a study released Monday said. Taken together, the war's three major story lines -- the U.S. policy debate, events in Iraq and their impact on the U.S. homefront -- slipped roughly a third, to 15 percent of an index of total news coverage, down from 22 percent in the first three months of the year. The study by Rating: 5

[fishman3811]

Well it seems that the major news organisations who had a hand in promoting the war are maybe feeling guilty for the mess that has ensued.

[Psycho4Bud]

Well it seems that the major news organisations who had a hand in promoting the war are maybe feeling guilty for the mess that has ensued.

STRIKE ONE.......Swing batter batter swing.....

Have a good one!:s4:

[medicinal]

STRIKE ONE.......Swing batter batter swing.....

Have a good one!:s4:

Maybe a crackdown on bad news by the administration by limiting news out of Iraq, only the good news allowed, censorship.

[Psycho4Bud]

Maybe a crackdown on bad news by the administration by limiting news out of Iraq, only the good news allowed, censorship.

STRIKE ONE for the new batter.....Swing batter batter swing.......

We all know that the press loves gloom and doom.......

Have a good one!:s4:

[medicinal]

STRIKE ONE for the new batter.....Swing batter batter swing.......

We all know that the press loves gloom and doom.......

Have a good one!:s4:

Well maybe that's because thats 95% of what is going on in Iraq. How do you spin 4,000+++ American deaths, and countless Iraqi deaths into a positive? Uhhhh, maybe we'll get some oil out of the deal. Blood for oil, could it be any clearer. Knowing you, or at least your posts, I'm sure you watch the Military channel 24-7. Pay attention to the soldiers diarys programs. You might see the real deal. The only thing the shiites and sunnis hate worse than each other are the US troops. The Iraqi fighting right next to you might, on his day off, be shooting at you or making up an IED, yeah, lots of positive stuff coming out of Iraq, NOT.

[Psycho4Bud]

Med....you talk as if I were the one that wrote the article. I just report the good news in here....I don't work for the research group.

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[eg420ne]

What good news!? that Americans can die just like the Iraqis. Dude you have the Worse case of Denile I,ve ever seen.. and dont go yamming about 911 and on that BS it does no good with me....:thumbsup:

The cure is deadlier then the disease..........IRAQNAM

[MajMike]

Perhaps part of the problem is the inordinate amount of attention given the early '08 Presidential race.

"Clusterfuck to the White House" is very apt, thanks to the Daily Show

[Psycho4Bud]

Todays major story on FOX was the two Pitbulls that got into the womans house and attacked her. Like I've stated........BAD news sells. Seems they can't find enough in the sandbox these days.

Have a good one!:s4: