Thanks Gilliam, it was an enjoyable and interesting read.
I don’t know what to make of his comments about the CNN piece since I never watch it and don’t know anything about when and why they re-run a story.
It does seem odd that they would reoeat a five week old story when the big news of the day was how successful and relatively low violence election day was. I wonder if execs thought they needed something dramatic for ratings purposes, being disappointed with the quiet reality.
BTW, the Christian Science Monitor actually does top-notch reporting from Iraq. (although it probably doesn’t have the audience share of CNN)