The Bias In What Gets Left Out

Pew Research Center issued a stinging indictment on Wednesday regarding the press coverage of Iraq this year, one that shows a subtle but clear editorial bias. The news media gave plenty of attention to the war in Iraq when they could show it as a failing enterprise, with half of all their coverage focusing on anecdotal stories of violence. When the success of General David Petraeus made even that coverage difficult, media outlets simply stopped reporting ... Full Story »

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Kaizar Campwala
3.2
by Kaizar Campwala - Oct. 1, 2008

This is an important issue, and deserves a strong, well-researched analysis. Morrissey points out the issue, but his analysis strikes me as superficial. He doesn't entertain other reasons for the decline of reporting on Iraq (the Presidential Campaign, for example).

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