2004 Presidential Election
Jay Rosen juxtaposes issues around big media and Internet coverage of the war in Iraq. Says Rosen, "Call it a test of news judgment. Should the full graphic horror of the Nicholas Berg beheading be shown on national television, and documented by photographs in the newspaper? So far the answer from major gatekeepers is no. But I'm not certain that will hold through next week. Some think it shouldn't. Led by Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit, perhaps the most 'watched' weblog in these matters."
President Bush leads Senator Kerry, 50% to 46%, in Kentucky accordint to a recent Bluegrass Poll.
Detroit News: "Michigan voters cool off on Bush, war." George Bush leads John Kerry, 44% to 40%.
Thanks to Taegan Goddard for the links.
Zogby News: "Bush's job approval drops to record low 42%; Kerry up by 5 points over Bush 47%-42%; Iraq risapproval rate rises to 64%; Majority says US headed in the wrong direction and 'It's Time for Someone New' new Zogby International roll reveals." Thanks to Matthew Gross for the link.
This article by Seymour Hersh is making quite a splash today around the Blogoshphere. Mr. Hersh writes, "The roots of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal lie not in the criminal inclinations of a few Army reservists but in a decision, approved las year by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, to expand a highly secret operation which had been focussed on the hunt for Al Qaeda, to the interrogation of prisoners in Iraq Rumsfeld's decision embittered the America intelligence community, damaged the effectiveness of élite combat units, and hur t America's prospects in the war on terror."
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