Has coverage of Iraq really diminished?

[CrispyQ]

It seems that way to me, but someone called me on it & said that it is still "front page news" on most major news sites. What about most major news TV reports?

[onethatcares]

1. relegated to page 2 or three in the St. Pete Times

which really pisses me off,

[bluedog]

2. I know.what happened to the Times?.....

And yes the coverage has changed....notice.the crawlers are saying the "new Iraq"........bush must not be taking any responsibility for the upraising killings.bombing ect.in Iraq.its like the media forgot we still have our troops there..what happened to "Support Your Troops"

[SOS]

3. Yes

The situation in Iraq is near collapse. More US soldiers dead in July than in June.
Cities under insurgent control. Aerial bombing of Najaf with 300 dead.
Complete lawlessness, kidnappings, Christians fleeing to Syria by the thousands, thousands of jihadists coming in from Saudi Arabia, failing sewer systems and electricity,
disease spreading rampantly, tens of thousands of Iraqis killed, looting, and near anarchy.

Not reported on my TV. Being covered up to assist Bush's re-selection.
The only reliable news is foreign.

[DeepModem Mom]

4. Krugman wrote a recent column on this, "What about Iraq?" --

OP-ED COLUMNIST
What About Iraq?
By PAUL KRUGMAN

Published: August 6, 2004

A funny thing happened after the United States transferred sovereignty over Iraq. On the ground, things didn't change, except for the worse.

But as Matthew Yglesias of The American Prospect puts it, the cosmetic change in regime had the effect of "Afghanizing" the media coverage of Iraq.

He's referring to the way news coverage of Afghanistan dropped off sharply after the initial military defeat of the Taliban. A nation we had gone to war to liberate and had promised to secure and rebuild - a promise largely broken - once again became a small, faraway country of which we knew nothing.

Incredibly, the same thing happened to Iraq after June 28. Iraq stories moved to the inside pages of newspapers, and largely off TV screens. Many people got the impression that things had improved. Even journalists were taken in: a number of newspaper stories asserted that the rate of U.S. losses there fell after the handoff. (Actual figures: 42 American soldiers died in June, and 54 in July.)...

***

One thing is clear: calls to "stay the course" are fatuous. The course we're on leads downhill. American soldiers keep winning battles, but we're losing the war: our military is under severe strain; we're creating more terrorists than we're killing; our reputation, including our moral authority, is damaged each month this goes on....

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/06/opinion/06krugman.html?n=Top%2fOpinion%2fEditorials%20and%20Op%2dEd%2fOp%2dEd%2fColumnists%2fPaul%20Krugman

[seabeyond]

5. i told husband since handover they dont talk it

and he told me the same. ya internet i say, and many many dont get news there. not on tv. he says he sees it,......well ya here and there, but just flashes, not the story

they have put out enough to allow the news to be out there, but it isnt being covered as a mess. maybe because we are all conditioned to the 1, 2, 3 explosions and deaths going on everyday. much of the news have the commentators like tweety adn others, they arent covering the war