“This week’s programming barrage marking the fourth anniversary of the U.S. adventure in Iraq provides an inadvertent referendum on broadcast news, reflecting what has become the ‘not ready for primetime’ war,” Variety’s Brian Lowry writes.
“President Bush has said Americans pay a price for the war ‘when they see the terrible images of violence on TV every night,’ but the truth is such images are easily avoided by anybody tuning in after 7 p.m. Indeed, many wouldn’t see them unless they were emblazoned on Simon Cowell’s forehead.” Here’s the full column…
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