Crisis. What Crisis? The Failure Of American War Journalism

In 55 Minutes, Obama Didin't Mention Iraq, Afghanistan, War, Troops, Soldiers, Or War! -- The Politico

A couple of surprising words were missing from President Barack Obama’s 55-minute news conference on Wednesday: “Iraq” – and “Afghanistan.”

Also MIA: “Korea,” “Pakistan,” “soldiers,” “surge” and “war” – as well as Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.

The omissions were partly a result of the short attention span of the press, which did not ask about those topics after the president did not mention them in his opening statement.

But the silence on those subjects also provides a striking illustration of one of the singular differences between Obama and his predecessor.

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Hat Tip: Drudge Report

My Comment: American journalism is an embarrassment that gets worse with each passing day.

But CBS still thumps their chest and say that they do a great job ..... A More Contentious Obama Press Conference.

Sheehhhh ... no wonder their ratings are in the toilet.

On a side note .... this is why we started this blog. We gave up on big media a long time ago, and decided to make a news aggregator that would scan numerous blogs and news websites, and choose what needs to be covered extensively, or covering what is being ignored by the main stream media.