MARCH 26, 2003Polls Suggest Media Failure in Pre-War CoveragePublic Believed Saddam Was Behind 9-11, Has Nukes By Ari Berman NEW YORK -- Opinion Thousands of American soldiers have marched into Iraq, bombs are falling, and oil fields are ablaze. After the shooting stops, press attention probably will focus on our pursuit of Saddam Hussein's henchmen, our search for hidden stocks of weapons of mass destruction, and our "securing the peace" for a democratic Iraq. But when the war dies down, editors and media analysts should catch their breath and ask themselves: How much did press coverage (or lack of...