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Iraq War Coverage

Would President Bush Have Gone To War In Iraq If He Faced Incessant Coverage Of That War By the Television Networks?

Norman Horowitz | Posted 01.14.2009 | Media

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Norman Horowitz

In the past, aggressive media coverage helped turn around public opinion about the Vietnam War. The press did ultimately get beyond the pro-military reporting from Vietnam.

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Major Networks Putting Iraq On The Back Burner: Reporters

New York Times/Obsidian Wings | Posted 06.30.2008 | Media

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The New York Times has a piece today on the dwindling amount of time US news networks are spending on Iraq and Afghanistan: According to data compil...

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Jason Linkins

CNN's Yellin On Run-Up To War: Corporate Execs Pushed For Positive Coverage Of Bush

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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[UPDATE: Yellin responds in an update, below.] CNN's congressional correspondent Jessica Yellin, appearing on last night's Anderson Cooper 360 as a p...

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Richard Engel Named NBC News Chief Foreign Correspondent

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 04.26.2008 | Media

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NBC News' Senior Middle East Correspondent Richard Engel — most often seen reporting from war-torn Iraq but more than willing to go wherever bom...

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Media Turns Its Back on Iraq

New York Times | Richard Perez-Pena | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics

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The New York Times reports Monday that as the nation enters the sixth year of the Iraq War, media outlets are paying less attention to the war: Five ...

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Richard Engel's Emotional Return To The Palestine Hotel: "This Is Where My Colleagues Were Killed"

Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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NBC News has posted a video online by Baghdad correspondent Richard Engel sharing some reflections of the last five years in Iraq on this anniversary of the commencement of the Iraq war.

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Iraq War Disappears As TV Story

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media

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NEW YORK — Remember the war in Iraq? The question isn't entirely facetious. The war has nearly vanished from TV screens over the past few month...

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