"Iraq is a story that won't go away" [1]
Peter Johnson, USA Today, May 1, 2003
"TV trounced newspapers during Iraq war" [2]
Mark Fitzgerald, Editor & Publisher, April 30, 2003
"History redux" [3]
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, April 30, 2003
"Missteps by press color Iraqi perceptions" [4]
Craig Nelson, Editor and Publisher, April 29, 2003
"What, no smoking gun? The media and the specter of WMD" [5]
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, April 23, 2003
"Headlining media moments"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Glob [6]e [6], April 22, 2003
"My big fat question" [7]
Michael Wolff, New York, April 21, 2003
"This living room war"
Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune [8], April 21, 2003
"A skeptical journalist isn't an unpatriotic one"
David Shaw, Los Angeles Times [9], April 21, 2003
"Media fickleness just what we needed" [10]
C.W. Nevius, San Francisco Chronicle, April 21, 2003
"The rules for covering brutal dictatorships aren't black and white" [11]
Ethan Bronner, New York Times, April 21, 2003
"In hoopla over a P.O.W., a mirror of U.S. society" [12]
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times, April 18, 2003
"CNN's Eason Jordan has no apologies"
Jon Friedman, CBS MarketWatch [13], April 18, 2003
"About CNN: Hold your fire" [14]
Dante Chinni, Christian Science Monitor, April 17, 2003
"Foreign matters" [15]
Dan Kennedy, Boston Phoenix, April 18, 2003
"War coverage good, but should not be sanitized"
Paul Janensch, Hartford Courant [16], April 17, 2003
"CNN will limp away from the field"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times [9], April 16, 2003
"Cable's war coverage suggests a new 'Fox Effect' on television" [17]
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, April 16, 2003
"War stories -- told and untold" [18]
Ellen Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, April 16, 2003
"In broken Baghdad, photo negatives" [19]
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, April 15, 2003
"Censoring the dead" [20]
Peter Preston, Guardian, April 14, 2003
"Down in the trenches, up in the public's opinion" [21]
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, April 14, 2003
"Who won, and who lost, in the media battle" [22]
Peter Johnson, USA Today, April 14, 2003
"A news-altering experience?"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times [9], April 13, 2003
"Help them create a BBC of their own" [23]
Anthony Borden, Washington Post, April 13, 2003
"The spoils of war coverage" [24]
Frank Rich New York Times, April 13, 2003
"Objectivity is lost to Fox News' barbs"
Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times [9], April 11, 2003
"In the blitz of images, a defining moment"
Bob Baker, Los Angeles Times [9], April 11, 2003
"Fox's frame" [25]
Michael Ryan, TomPaine.com, April 10, 2003
"Powerful TV image obscures details"
Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune [8], April 10, 2003
"It's the drums of war - & then a station break" [26]
David Hinckley, New York Daily News, April 10, 2003
"Tempered coverage of stunning scenes"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe [6], April 10, 2003
"Kicking Cable: What do you need from TV in wartime?" [27]
Virginia Heffernan, Slate, April 8, 2003
"Networks showing up cable news in war coverage" [28]
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, April 8, 2003
"Buzzwords of war" [29]
James Sullivan, San Francisco Chronicle, April 8, 2003
"The pen, mightier than the minicam?" [30]
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, April 7, 2003
"Live from Iraq, ready or not"
Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times [9], April 7, 2003
"Live from Doha . . ." [31]
Michael Wolff, New York, April 7, 2003
"How Fox is winning the war"
Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune [8], April 4, 2003
"War leaves little time for the rest of the news" [32]
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, April 4, 2003
"Glaring exceptions aside, war correspondents doing job"
Paul Janensch, Hartford Courant [16], April 3, 2003
"Moral clarity: An unauthorized glossary of war" [33]
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, April 2, 2003
"Chris Hedges on 'distorted' war coverage" [34]
Barbara Bedway, Editor and Publisher, April 2, 2003
"Direct from the Pentagon... It's the nightly news" [35]
Sharon Basco, TomPaine.com, April 2, 2003
"Sacking Arnett for the wrong reason" [36]
Jack Shafer, Slate, April 1, 2003
"No honest eyewitness: There’s little truth coming out of Baghdad" [37]
Tim Graham, National Review, April 1, 2003
"Honesty: The worst policy" [38]
Doug Ireland, TomPaine.com, April 1, 2003
"Was Arnett's firing fair?" [39]
Bob Steele, Kelly McBride, and Aly Colón, Poynter.org, April 1, 2003
Arnett's firing, Rivera's conduct like a prime time soap opera" [40]
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, April 1, 2003
"Viewing war is not the same as understanding it"
Jack Fuller, Chicago Tribune [8], March 31, 2003
"This time, Baghdad isn't a soundstage"
Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times [9], March 31, 2003
"Wall-to-wall war coverage feeds a rush to judgment" [41]
Robert Bianco, USA Today, March 31, 2003
"Iraq around the clock" [42]
Frank Rich, New York Times, March 31, 2003
"Behind the lines" [43]
Michael Wolff, New York, March 31, 2003
"Invasion honeymoon is over; news media get contentious"
Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune [8], March 31, 2003
"The 'gee whiz' war"
Brian Lowry and Elizabeth Jensen, Los Angeles Times [9], March 28, 2003
"15 stories they've already bungled" [44]
Greg Mitchell, Editor and Publisher, March 28, 2003
"Wars should end like miniseries: quick, tidy"
Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times [9], March 28, 2003
"Reporters walking a fine line in sand" [45]
Richard Huff, New York Daily News, March 27, 2003
"Images of war dead pose media dilemma"
Paul Janensch, Hartford Courant [16], March 27, 2003
"Live, but not really: The networks can show us more war than ever before—but they're choosing not to" [46]
Meghan O'Rourke, Slate, March 26, 2003
Media get a bit combative: Questions become more pointed, but will coverage become more balanced? [47]
Tim Goodman, San Francisco Chronicle, March 26, 2003
"The parallax view: Photos give a different perspective on 'operation freedom'" [48]
Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, March 26, 2003
"Grasping a war told in real time"
Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times [9], March 26, 2003
"Realities of war put news ethics to test"
Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune [8], March 26, 2003
"Paint it black: U.S. journos get rare access to hell" [49]
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, March 26, 2003
"It's all there in living color: In-your-face TV coverage unprecedented" [50]
Carolyn Lochhead, San Francicso Chronicle, March 25, 2003
"POW TV: Why Rumsfeld should be careful about lecturing Saddam about the Geneva Conventions" [51]
Jack Shafer, Slate, March 25, 2003
"After days of buoyant images, reporting enters a second and more ominous act" [52]
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, March 24, 2003
"War shows ugly side" [53]
David Hinckley, New York Daily News, March 24, 2003
"Conflict constantly tests media boundaries" [54]
Peter Johnson, USA Today, March 24, 2003
"Technology of war and television has left some too easily awed" [55]
Robert Bianco, USA Today, March 24, 2003
"Show of awe: A thrill ride, but no blood" [56]
Alessandra Stanley, New York Times, March 23, 2003
"Reality war: The battle of Umm Qasr—live and in color" [57]
Fred Kaplan, Slate, March 23, 2003
"The networks' heavy artillery: Who'll win the battles of tag lines & toys?" [58]
John Maynard, Washington Post, March 21, 2003
"'Little things' add up to jumpy, but compelling, news coverage"
Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune [8], March 21, 2003
"It's the new reality TV" [59]
Richard Huff, New York Daily News, March 21, 2003
"Flashes, minus the light" [60]
David Hinckley, New York Daily News, March 21, 2003
"We interrupt this broadcast, but how much for how long?" [61]
Bill Carter, New York Times, March 20, 2003
"Few eyes, ears in Baghdad" [62]
Peter Johnson, USA Today, March 20, 2003
"War reality not as vivid as aerial bombing in '91"
Steve Johnson, Chicago Tribune [8], March 20, 2003
"Everyone can benefit from coverage on front lines, if it works"
Paul Janensch, Hartford Courant [16], March 20, 2003
"Left and right look for signs of bias in reporting" [63]
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, March 19, 2003
"War coverage is a reality check" [64]
Stephen Battaglio, New York Daily News, March 19, 2003
"Let loose the ads of war" [65]
Stefano Hatfield, Guardian, March 19, 2003
"Media watchdogs caught napping" [66]
Leander Kahney, Wired, March 17, 2003
"Scud Stud lobs a missile at Bush" [67]
Louise Witt, Salon, March 17, 2003
"War - what's it good for? Cable" [68]
Richard Huff, New York Daily News, March 17, 2003
"Headlines would come from the front lines"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe [6], March 12, 2003
"Get your hood on: War reporting is risky business" [69]
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, March 12, 2003
"Press isn't asking right questions about Iraq" [70]
Tom Wicker, Editor and Publisher, March 11, 2003
"In bed with the pentagon" [71]
Jonathan Alter, Newsweek, March 10, 2003
"After invading Kuwait, reporters need boot camp" [72]
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, March 10, 2003
"Bush family values" [73]
Michael Wolff, New York, March 10, 2003
"...And so embed" [74]
William Safire, New York Times, March 9, 2003
"Embed with the pentagon: when you're part of the team you're no longer objective" [75]
Michael Ryan, TomPaine.com, March 6, 2003
"Full metal junket: The myth of the objective war correspondent" [76]
Jack Shafer, Slate, March 6, 2003
"Chronicle of a Gulf War foretold" [77]
Cynthia Cotts, Village Voice, March 5, 2003
"Will the TV factory shape a new war?"
Brian Lowry, Los Angeles Times [78], February 26, 2003
"Even stars are allowed to think"
Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times [78], February 21, 2003
"Journalists train for war coverage"
Don Wycliff, Chicago Tribune [8], February 21, 2003
"Dealing with the doubts" [79]
Howard Kurtz, Washington Post, February 20, 2003
"Behind the great divide" [80]
Paul Krugman, New York Times, February 18, 2003
"Media are ignoring nation's true concerns" [81]
Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, February 17, 2003
"A town meeting, a tape and terror" [82]
Michael Getler, Washington Post, February 16, 2003
"Democrats soft on war push"
Paul Janensch, Hartford Courant [83], February 13, 2003
"Media salivates over high-tech Gulf War 2.0" [84]
Mark Glaser, Online Journalism Review, February 12, 2003
"Preparing for a possible war story" [85]
Paul Van Slambrouck, Christian Science Monitor, February 10, 2003
"Newspaper editorials conflicted over war" [86]
Ari Berman, Editor and Publisher, January 30, 2003
"America's journalists debate pending war" [87]
Greg Mitchell, Editor & Publisher, January 29, 2003
"The news media could be our weakest link" [88]
Randy Atkins, Washington Post, January 27, 2003
"The dangers of plumbing public view on Iraq war"
Mark Jurkowitz, Boston Globe [89], January 22, 2003
"The media's war-drum beat [90]"
Eric Alterman, Editor and Publisher, January 22, 2003
"War-protest news missing in action" [91]
Tom Plate, San Francisco Chronicle, January 17, 2003
"War or no, news on cable already provides the drama" [92]
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times, January 15, 2003
"Ready for some football, and war?" [93]
Michael Getler, Washington Post, January 12, 2003