Posted by
Catmman on Thursday, February 28, 2008 4:51:21 PM
A great graph and story which pretty much proves the MSM bias about coverage on Iraq and seems to prove the old adage "if it bleeds it leads".
MRC intern Lyndsi Thomas helped tabulate all ABC, CBS and NBC evening news stories about Iraq since the beginning of 2007, just as the surge strategy was being implemented. After heavy coverage of the shift to a new Iraq policy in January and February 2007, the TV coverage began to closely track the rising and falling death rates for U.S. soldiers in Iraq. When the number of U.S. fatalities jumped in May, TV coverage jumped, too. When U.S. casualties began to steadily decline, TV coverage of Iraq dramatically decreased. (See chart.)
More here from Ace. Full story over at Newsbusters.