This is what it's come to - American deaths "buried" in news reports

[matt819]

American deaths in Iraq are now so routine that they don't even make the headlines, or the first few paragrapsh. Take a look at this story -- http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/07/iraq.main/. Granted, it's about the death of 25 in two suicide bomb attacks. But the death of an American soldier does not merit comment until the 24th paragraph.

[annabanana]

1. Note that these figures don't include ANY Iraqi's

Not the new "troops" not the "cops in training" ...none.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

[DebJ]

2. January was the third worst month so far, with 107 casualties

But I have neither seen nor heard any mention of this whatsoever.

[adigal]

3. They will hide the deaths

because "the election showed the Iraqi people want to be free" so all of the problems there were solved by it, don't you know?????

Disgusting.

[MarianJack]

4. Mustn't Say Anything That Might Make People Want...

...another "accountability moment".

[LizW]

5. It's been that way for a while

My mom keeps up with war news and where it appears in the local paper. She says it has been moving farther and farther into the back pages for a year now. She also says the articles are shorter and there are rarely photos.

Of course, our paper is a right wing rag that still supports Rumsfeld. :puke: