FAIR: One Year Later, Sunday Shows Short on Iraq Critics

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One Year Later, Sunday Shows Short on Iraq Critics

March 15, 2004

A year after the invasion of Iraq began, the Sunday morning interview
shows all focused on the anniversary. But viewers would have had a hard time finding a debate on the controversial decision.

ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos featured an interview with
Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was also the sole guest on Fox News Sunday. CBS's Face the Nation featured Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, as well as pro-war New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman.

Only NBC's Meet the Press showcased competing perspectives, with separate interviews with National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice and former Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean, a critic of the Bush administration's handling of the war.

The one-year anniversary of the start of the war provided an opportunity for the networks to reflect on pre-war claims about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, the occupation of Iraq, and the global effect the war has had so far. But a meaningful debate about such matters would have to include forceful critics of the Bush administration.

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http://www.fair.org/activism/iraq-anniversary.html