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HotHotHeat · 06-25-2008, 08:49 PM

The three major US networks spend on average 2 minutes per week covering the Iraq war, this according to the New York Times. The networks aren't telling the public about the deaths of Iraqi civilians since the invasion (anywhere from 600,000 to 1.2 million) or about the displaced Iraqis both internally and outside the country (more than 5 Million). The Real News Network Analyst Pepe Escobar comments.

PEPE ESCOBAR, ANALYST, THE REAL NEWS NETWORK: Roughly two minutes of coverage per network per week. This is what the three major US networks now think the drama in Iraq is worth. This story was broken by The New York Times, quoting research carried in 2008 by TD consultant ["AN-dral-TIN-dal"]. CBS Evening News is lowest in the scale, followed by ABC World News and NBC Nightly News. Even before The New York Times' story, CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan had told John Stewart's Daily Show:

Link to video, story

I found this interesting... Thought others might as well. The Daily Show clips are especially intriguing. It's amazing the number of current or former US troops that played a part in this war come back and absolutely rip apart the US media and Bush administration.

06-25-2008, 08:49 PM	#1
HotHotHeat Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Victoria, BC Exp:	Major US networks now average 2 min of Iraq War coverage per week The three major US networks spend on average 2 minutes per week covering the Iraq war, this according to the New York Times. The networks aren't telling the public about the deaths of Iraqi civilians since the invasion (anywhere from 600,000 to 1.2 million) or about the displaced Iraqis both internally and outside the country (more than 5 Million). The Real News Network Analyst Pepe Escobar comments. PEPE ESCOBAR, ANALYST, THE REAL NEWS NETWORK: Roughly two minutes of coverage per network per week. This is what the three major US networks now think the drama in Iraq is worth. This story was broken by The New York Times, quoting research carried in 2008 by TD consultant ["AN-dral-TIN-dal"]. CBS Evening News is lowest in the scale, followed by ABC World News and NBC Nightly News. Even before The New York Times' story, CBS foreign correspondent Lara Logan had told John Stewart's Daily Show: Link to video, story I found this interesting... Thought others might as well. The Daily Show clips are especially intriguing. It's amazing the number of current or former US troops that played a part in this war come back and absolutely rip apart the US media and Bush administration. Last edited by HotHotHeat; 06-25-2008 at 09:03 PM.