Signs of a pulse: the press is starting to take on Bush--finally.(Media)
American Prospect, The, September, 2003 by Gitlin, Todd
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> I NOTED IN THE JUNE PROSPECT THAT while the bombs were bursting over Iraq, America's TV networks were so excited about embedding with troops that they declined to subject the war's rationale to serious scrutiny. How could hype, hysteria, wishful distortion and rank deception in high places be news when there were no--well, not many--pictures to interrupt the all conquering crusade? The networks, America's channels for what is euphemistically called information, had untold hours to spare for desert travelogues, retired generals' briefings and the spectacular deliver ante of Jessica ...
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