war coverage

[cellio]

There is something distasteful about the popular desire to watch a war in "internet time". Wars take time, guys; remember in the past when you made do with daily updates? I'd really rather that CNN, MSNBC, and the other news sites would go back to prominently covering other news. I should be able to find more hints of other doings in the world on the main pages of such sites. Sure, of course the current news from the war should be there, but what else aren't we seeing because it's taken over?

All that said, if you're looking for a summary of war news from varied sources around the world, check out http://www.agonist.org/ . I must conclude that the guy who runs the site has no job. I've been glancing at it about once a day to get the highlights, and I think it's providing better coverage than any of the conventional sources on the net.

Comments

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

I admit to being sucked into the TV coverage, flipping between CNN and MSNBC and the occasional foray to FoxNews. I can't believe that I watch this after seeing Vietnam on the news every night for years growing up. I agree it's distasteful and I am appalled at myself. I haven't been much of a TV-watcher in years, so I fail to understand my behavior in this instance.

They have finally started showing other news briefly, usually only in the crawl at the bottom of the screen. They managed to find news 24 hours a day before the war. Last time I looked the whole world hadn't stopped, so what happened to all the other newsworthy events?

[magid.livejournal.com]

There aren't any other newsworthy events, since everyone is busy watching the news... :-)