Great post!
I'm as interested in the outcome of Laci/Kobe/Michael as anyone---but it really does seem to me that there more focus on those issues in the media than events in Iraq; Iran; Russia; etc.
Entire segments of prime-time news devoted to the Laci tragedy- and very little about the attacks against our forces and others in Iraq.
Where are the daily stories from embedded reporters or are they all gone? It seems to me there is much to report each and every day from various locations in Iraq. It doesn't matter how mundane the story may be, but soldiers and support personnel deserve to have their stories told - one by one would be an interesting start and help Americans to understand and visibly see that change in Iraq is the best thing for the Iraqis and that at least some of the citizens there are indeed appreciative of the help we give them. Friends and loved ones of our military and support personnel deserve better reporting on the war and get zilch from our media other than what headlines are routinely released.
Our soldiers need all the support we can give them and our media have failed miserably to do their part to tell the world we are Americans fighting to make the world a better place to live in. Instead our own networks promulgate America as deserving no respect for trying to rid the world of terrorists and despots who killed thousands of innocent people. With CBS dishing out anti-Bush propaganda and alleging it to be true, what can we expect from the rest of them? Even the talking head shows on Sunday mornings are evidenced with political slant instead of making valid points for debate without imbued political overtones.