Are things in the media, like Pluto being demoted, taking away coverage of the war in Iraq?

Answer 1

The news coverage of the war doesn't exactly paint an accurate picture anyway, so why worry?

Answer 2

In the mainstream media, sure. The 24-hour cable "news" networks, as posited in a Salon piece this week, have become the tabloid newspapers of the new millennium.

Pluto, Tom Cruise vs. Paramount, JonBenet Ramsey ... editors are seeking eyeballs, and news about Iraq -- especially the filtered, incomplete reports offered by US outlets ... do not sell.

Still, the global scope of the Internet and availability of a world's worth of news resources has democratized the process to the point that those wishing to stay informed about events in Iraq -- or the scientific community -- have a plethora of outlets from which to find the news they find most important.

Thankfully.

Answer 3

No. The war in Iraq is not the only news. I like it better when I can hear about more than just one event in the news. But the media tends to beat a story into the ground, while ignoring other news. A current example is the John Mark Carr story. Enough already!

Answer 4

No it is news that will change millions of books.

Taking away coverage of the war in Iraq is done when groups try to ban flag burning or start fake story about a non-existant "War against Christmas".

Answer 5

I see you're obsessed with Pluto.... Given my moniker you'd probably guess where I come down on this issue but science is important actually. Science is one of the few humanizing forces in the universe, and one if mankind's few pursuits that actually pushes us forward. In some circles,"Science is the only news."

I think nonsense about celebrity haircuts and their pets, and non-issues that politicians bloat into smokescreens (gay marriage...) are what is taking away from coverage of the war, along with ever stranger and more rigid, though mostly "informal" regulation being put on media outlets. You know, "sign this oath," or things like "we're going to put you in jail (or SHOOT you) because we don't like what you took a photo of, or what you saw."

Also, people need to *express* what they want covered. Write to your news org! Because they think we care about crap. We are smarter than we are given credit for as media consumers, and need to wake media outlets up to that.

Answer 6

Every entity takes its place under the sun. But what you describe here, is the editor's job! "To do justice to each theme, as per the constitution of the organization, he works for."

Answer 7

They are setting us up for the day when they crash Pluto into the New World Trade center complex.

Answer 8

Just another distraction to take away from the events occurring with Israel and Hezbollah.