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    To the Point

    Iraq News and Your Evening News

    The conflict in Iraq is now the third longest war in America's history. For tens of thousands of US soldiers and countless Iraqis it's a matter of life and death. But America's newspapers and broadcasters have now reduced Iraq and Afghanistan to just 3% of the stories they are reporting. Is it too dangerous for Western reporters?

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The conflict in Iraq is now the third longest war in America's history. For tens of thousands of US soldiers and countless Iraqis it's a matter of life and death. But America's newspapers and broadcasters have now reduced Iraq and Afghanistan to just 3% of the stories they are reporting. Is it too dangerous for Western reporters? Is it too expensive? Conversely, has a decreased level of violence made it a non-story? Has the taxpaying, patriotic American audience lost interest? Why do the presidential primaries get so much more attention?

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    Why Is the War in Iraq Fading from View?
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Dan Konecky

      Producer, To the Point

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Kimberly Dozier

      Daily Beast / CNN

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      Tom Rosenstiel

      Executive Director, American Press Institute

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      Senior Contributing Writer, American Journalism Review

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    The full episode

    3 of 3
    Why Is the War in Iraq Fading from View?
    1. 0:00Monkeying Around with Prosthetic Arms
    2. 1:40McClellan Responds to White House Criticism of His Memoir
    3. 7:21Iraq News and Your Evening NewsYou’re reading this
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