Media Coverage of Kerry calling for the US to leave Iraq.

[Mass]

I have been googling a little bit trying to find how the media were responding to Kerry's editorial in the NYTimes this morning.

I am amazed by the total lack of answer.

I have been able to find no report by AP or Reuters, only AFP:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060405/pl_afp/usiraqkerry;_ylt=AhFqPRD.Qzbhub9yWE8E75yM5QcF;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA--

I dont see any report of networks or cable TV talking about it.

If THIS is not an important development, what is? I was not expecting a great coverage (I know better), but AP not reporting that?

Did I miss it?

[karynnj]

1. He was on AL Franken

at about 12:30. Al asked him to explain the plan layed out in the editorial - he did much as he did in the editorial. After he left, Al continued with other people on Iraq - he had the author of "Assasin's Gate". Al's own comment was that he agreed with need to put more force on getting a government and the diplomacy/summit - oddly he thought we should (under those circumstances stay longer than Kerry indicated. (Rereading this he was more positive than this sounds in words)

[Mass]

2. I know, and the Huffington Post's and Gary Hart's answer can be

seen on yahoo.com. The freeper media have it too.

But the vast majority of TV and print media get this type of news from AP or Reuters. I cant find anything coming from these two media.

It is more a criticism of the MSM than anything else.

[kerrygoddess]

4. Give it time

It's getting noticed. There's a lot more planned on this from what I understand, a floor speach planned, more perhaps from other Kerry pals. I put the Wade Sanders piece in GDP by the by needs some love.

[wisteria]

3. This is typical isn't it?

Wrong party and wrong person as far as the press is concerned. I wonder if the White House sent out word to ignore it. There has been no response from them on this either.

[sandnsea]

5. It's on CNN

They've done a bit of coverage on it, and he'll be on Wolfie tomorrow. It sort of has that 'hope it goes away' feel to it, like they did the security plan. We'll see.

[ProSense]

6. More coverage

Posted on Wed, Apr. 05, 2006

Debate in Congress over Iraq war grows louder

By Steven Thomma, Tim Funk and James Kuhnhenn
Knight Ridder Newspapers

Kerry calls for decisions in Iraq
WASHINGTON - If Congress ever turns against the war in Iraq, analysts may look back at this week as a turning point.

Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., on Wednesday urged setting a May 15 deadline to withdraw U.S. troops unless Iraq forms a unity government, and even if Iraq does form a government, Kerry urged complete American withdrawal by year's end. His twin-deadline proposal makes the 2004 presidential nominee the most prominent Democrat pushing for early full withdrawal.

At the same time, three Republicans in the House of Representatives endorsed a resolution calling for a robust and lengthy congressional debate on Iraq. While they're far short of the votes needed to force such a debate, a coalition of 40 anti-war activist groups is mounting a national campaign to drum up public pressure behind the resolution. That campaign targets lawmakers as they head home for a two-week Easter recess to listen to constituents in this election year, when Republicans are already anxious that they might lose control of Congress in November.

Grassroots America is sour on Iraq, polls show, and residents of 24 Wisconsin towns gave more proof of that this week by voting for resolutions urging immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops, while voters in eight towns rejected such a call.

more...

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14271819.htm

Posted on Wed, Apr. 05, 2006

Kerry calls for decisions in Iraq

By JAMES KUHNHENN
Knight Ridder Newspapers
WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kerry called Wednesday for the Bush administration to tell Iraqi leaders to form a unity government by May 15 or face immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops.

Even if Iraq forms a government, Kerry calls for all U.S. combat troops out by year's end, with the remainder housed in garrisons where they would help train Iraqi soldiers, offer backup security and respond to emergencies.

Democratic leaders in Washington have long worried that taking a stand against the war or calling for early withdrawal would label them weak on national security. But Kerry, in an interview with Knight Ridder, said that the stand he's calling for is "tough" and necessary. The 2004 Democratic presidential nominee laid out his plan first in an opinion piece published Wednesday in The New York Times. He is scheduled to speak further about his proposal in a speech Thursday from the Senate floor.

“No young American should be sacrificed because Iraqi politicians are screwing around unwilling to compromise,” Kerry said in the interview. “So you have to get tough. You have to give them a date. They have only responded to dates.”

“The only way now to get this thing on track, in my judgment, is to be tough and say, ‘Look our young soldiers are not going to lose their lives and our taxpayers aren’t going to pour billions of dollars so you guys can sit around every day and fight with each other.”

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/14271690.htm