Over at MSNBC right now, the main headline is "On The Defensive - For The First Time, Bush Faces Opposition Congress with Subpoena Power". And there's not a single mention of Iraq above the fold. There IS a story about "Accident Blast Rocks Kabul, at least 4 killed", however it looks like an accident at a gunpowder store. Way below the fold, in their World News section, there's a report about the Iraqi PM visiting a Sunni stronghold. And that's it.
On Fox, you've got to go way below the fold for a mention of Iraq. And that's a photo essay.
If it doesn't bleed, it doesn't lead. So what does that motto say about Iraq at this point?
J.
Comments (1)
Well, considering the troops haven't really gotten into things yet, a month doesn't say much... or more correctly, the presence of troops is doing things and the MSM wishes there to be no attention to the unbarked dog. Notice the attention span of the MSM and the critics: nil.
The real work is in Ramadi, al Anbar and Diyala provinces and Basra. The UK never cleaned up the civil authorities in Basra and now *we* get to deal with it. By this summer's provincial elections in Iraq we will have a much better feeling for how things are there. Still the news so far is good and we are just settling in to really start things up.
Official start dates mean very little on something this size. Effectiveness date is something else again and that is a few weeks off yet. Yes this is the calm before the calm.
Posted by ajacksonian | March 15, 2007 4:59 PM
Posted on March 15, 2007 16:59