Hear No Evil...(on troop deaths and the media)

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/huffpost/20050804/cm_huffpost/005139;_ylt=AufmjztDMhE10pfP1RDpIRj9wxIF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Eric Boehlert: Hear No Evil...

Thu Aug 4,12:40 PM ET

In the August issue of VF, James Wolcott wrote, "Mr. Media would be much happier if Iraq would go away." And how. The press, and particularly television, long ago grew bored of the unpleasant insurgency story. But yesterday's roadside bombing—the deadliest of the entire war, claiming the lives of 14 Marines—forced the story back to the forefront, although just barely.

A check of TVeyes.com, the digital, 24/7 monitoring service, showed that on Wednesday, news of the continued carnage in Iraq, where 44 U.S. service member have died since July 24, ran neck-and-neck with the second-day coverage of Air France Flight 358, which skidded off the runway in Toronto on Tuesday.

At one point yesterday at the top of the hour on MSNBC, news of slain Marines was slotted in as the day's third most important story.

The prize for indifference though, goes to the Wall Street Journal. Because here's how many stories the national newspaper published today detailing Wednesday's attack on Marines: 0.......