Saddam execution coverage: ghoulish?

By Steve Safran 

“Is there something ghoulish about this?” Larry King asked CNN’s Aneesh Rahman who is standing in Baghdad waiting for the execution of Saddam Hussein. Yes, of course. But this isn’t just prurient interest – it’s a major international story, obviously. The cable news nets are in “fill” mode, waiting for the execution which is reportedly going to happen any minute now.

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