Nets face grim cost of Iraq war
Cory Bergman August 13th, 2007
From a great Broadcasting & Cable cover story by Marisa Guthrie: “After more than four years into the war in Iraq, television news organizations have awakened to their own grim reality: They’re spending millions of dollars a year to operate in a country where security costs them thousands of dollars a day…. And despite the fact that Iraq remains the largest single news story in the world and an obligation for U.S. news organizations, coverage has devolved into a tired drumbeat of insurgent mayhem—and viewers are tuning out. Not only are ratings stagnating, but Iraq reports are not bringing in the new viewers that the declining genre so desperately needs.”
Warning: This Iraq bombing story is boring.
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1. tdc | August 13th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
could it be that the public has concluded the media is nothing more than the gov’t’s mouthpiece?
where’s the reporting about the upcoming DRAFT?
remember what’shisname say he “listens to his military leaders”? i just heard one say “draft”, did you?
i assure you, a network gets in there and REALLY tells the story, challenge this no photos of flag draped coffins bs, challenge this warrantless wiretap bs, challenge this admin’s exec privilege bs, an attorney general prone to “mis-speaking”, etc. and viewers will return.
fat chance though.
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