[8:01 PM] Fields Report has lost his bet that Saddam's craftiness would win out in the end and he would evade an invasion. Fields Report hopes to do better in his office NCAA tournament pool. In the meantime he's keeping up with the war the best he can. Slate has a nice "War on the Web" guide some Internet sites to follow the situation.
I admit to being hooked on following the up to the minute developments. But is it just me or is U.S. television coverage pretty useless? Same night vision shot of Baghdad. And most aggravating, really no decent linear recaps of what has happened. Just lots of the same pictures with no context. I've seen so many shots of the "Shock and Awe" phase today, with little commentary saying, "See that flash? That was site x." Come on. Take a guess at what it is. Since when has television news been afraid to wildly speculate.
My wishlist for better television coverage:
1. Show us Iraqi TV. What are the Iraqi people seeing. I watched a televsion journalist interview a western expert on what the the Iraqis are now seeing on Iraqi television. Is it that hard to pick up the feed, tape it and show us?
2. Get some new pictures. All we see are talking heads. There are great photos out there from AP and Reuters photographers. Show us! (Ask and you shall receive. As I type this Aaron Brown has heard my request).
3. Show us a map a little more often. Who's where and with what kind of hardware? Use some of that crawler technology.
More later.
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posted 8:14 PM
I admit to being hooked on following the up to the minute developments. But is it just me or is U.S. television coverage pretty useless? Same night vision shot of Baghdad. And most aggravating, really no decent linear recaps of what has happened. Just lots of the same pictures with no context. I've seen so many shots of the "Shock and Awe" phase today, with little commentary saying, "See that flash? That was site x." Come on. Take a guess at what it is. Since when has television news been afraid to wildly speculate.
My wishlist for better television coverage:
1. Show us Iraqi TV. What are the Iraqi people seeing. I watched a televsion journalist interview a western expert on what the the Iraqis are now seeing on Iraqi television. Is it that hard to pick up the feed, tape it and show us?
2. Get some new pictures. All we see are talking heads. There are great photos out there from AP and Reuters photographers. Show us! (Ask and you shall receive. As I type this Aaron Brown has heard my request).
3. Show us a map a little more often. Who's where and with what kind of hardware? Use some of that crawler technology.
More later.
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