Survey: Americans Say They're Well-Informed, But Dissatisfied With War Coverage

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By Terry Ann Rendon (Bio | Archive)
May 23, 2008 - 08:23 ET

It's not just President George W. Bush and Congress with low approval ratings these days. An online Zogby survey commissioned by The Poynter Institute should be a wake up call for the American news media. They found a "majority of readers, viewers and listeners say they are still far from satisfied with the coverage."

So what's missing from the war coverage? More information about the Iraqi government, stories about the Iraqi people, and chronicling soldiers returning home topped the list of the type of news the respondents said they would like to receive.


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Yep, we are well informed,

May 23, 2008 - 08:32 ET by BD

Yep, we are well informed, no thanks to the MSM.

We are informed because returning troops share their insight into the situation.  (Not that the press asks them, it has to be family, friends, and acquantances who do the asking).

I can count on one hand the

May 23, 2008 - 10:13 ET by suzycreamcheese

I can count on one hand the positive stories about the re-building of Iraq I've seen in the MSM. I'm sure they'll turn a deaf ear on viewers' suggestions to provide more even coverage. People of America are weary from liberal doom & gloom.

Liberal Spin?

May 23, 2008 - 10:19 ET by Meandering

If there is a way for the MSM to put a liberal spin on this they will. 

 The very same

May 23, 2008 - 13:06 ET by ConservativeRex

 The very same knuckleheads that were protesting in the 60's are running the media today. Do you think these losers are going to change? They'll be the first to sell us down the river. Confront them someday like I have. Losers, wimps, cowards all.

To reiterate: They LOATH the military. They will NEVER report anything good about them or for them. They are quick to point out any perceived wrongs of/about our military.

Watch how our military gets decimated under an Obami administration. If you thought our military cutbacks were too much under the Clinton's then be prepared for what will happen under an Obami administration. By the end of his first term we should be on a par with some tin horn third world entity