Iraq News

Defense Dept. To Fund Pro-American Publicity In The Iraqi Media

Washington Post | Karen DeYoung and Walter Pincus | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics


The Defense Department will pay private U.S. contractors in Iraq up to $300 million over the next three years to produce news stories, entertainment p...

Myth: Americans Tuned Out Iraq Fact: The Press Tuned Out Iraq

Eric Boehlert | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media


Eric Boehlert

In the wake of disturbing new violence in Baghdad, it's important to understand that American news consumers did not walk away from Iraq. The press did.

Big Media Blackout On Iraq

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 12.03.2007 | Media


Jeffrey Feldman

Ho, ho, ho, America! As a special gift to YOU, big media is combining its yuletide forces to banish that icky, yucky Iraq story far, far away from the holiday front pages.

The Iraq News Blackout: How the Press Spent its Summer Vacation

Eric Boehlert | Posted 09.06.2007 | Media


Eric Boehlert

Public polling indicates consumers are starved for news from Iraq, yet over the summer the mainstream media steadfastly refused to deliver it.