Iraq media coverage drops 92% in one year


	Iraq media coverage drops 92% in one year

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5-29-2008 3:35 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c79cec16-e7ea-4819-b918-5f9436984e33/D5CE84BD-E2A6-419B-86C9-BD222AC60867/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html" href="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html" style="font-size: 11px;">gatewaypundit.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html"><DIV><A href="http://www.democracy-project.com/archives/003814.html" linkindex="1"><STRONG>Democracy Project</STRONG></A> analyzes a recent report published at the <EM>American Journalism Review</EM> titled: "<A href="http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=4515" linkindex="2"><STRONG>Whatever Happened to Iraq?</STRONG></A>"</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html"><EM>In a media shocker...</EM><BR /><DIV>This past year Iraq has disappeared from the front pages of the nation's newspapers and from the nightly network newscasts.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html">Network news devoted to Iraq dropped from 23% to 3% (92% decline) compared to last year:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/img/84A3939A-1297-4FEE-8CFA-40B38FBB2911" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html">Cable news dedicated to Iraq dropped even further from 24% to 1% over last year:</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/img/E84FE281-64EE-46E7-95C0-FD882FE35FAA" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://gatewaypundit.blogspot.com/2008/05/as-surge-succeeds-iraq-coverage.html"><DIV>Print news dedicated to Iraq dropped 70% over last year.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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