Coverage of the Iraq war has been waning on network news, with a steep drop in the number of minutes spent covering Iraq over the last year. Newspapers have cut back their presence in Iraq, too. What's going on? Are Americans getting the information they need? And does it make sense to compare the coverage of Iraq to that of Vietnam? We'll talk to Morley Safer from "60 Minutes"--he covered the Vietnam War for CBS--and Michael Massing, a writer for the New York Review of Books and contributing editor to the Columbia Journalism Review.
ยป Read Michael Massing's article The Press: The Enemy Within" in the December 15th issue of the New York Review of Books
Music: Jarhead, tracks 2, 3, and 20
ยป Read Michael Massing's article The Press: The Enemy Within" in the December 15th issue of the New York Review of Books
Music: Jarhead, tracks 2, 3, and 20
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