Jimmie at The Sundries Shack wonders why there is no weekly war news show with in-depth stories about what our soldiers are really doing on the ground in Iraq, especially the good news.
I agree there is a market for this type of show. Typical new stories on Iraq are boring for anyone who keeps up on the war at all because they're so superficial. As I type, NBC News is doing an "in-depth" piece on... Cindy Sheehan. Again. This "in-depth" piece ran about 3 minutes.
I think a show that had a weekly feature on some of the cool high-tech whatzits the military is using would attract viewers. Some of that stuff is seriously sci-fi.
But I suspect it's not lack of audience interest, but a lack of reporter/producer interest that keeps a show like this from developing. First, reporters are notorious for messing up military stories due to total ignorance of things military. Doing an intelligent show on a regular basis would be hard. Second, there is such a stigma against being seen to be in the Bush's pocket, I can't see any network except Fox doing this.
Ultimately, I think stories like Captain Brian Chontosh's single-handed destruction of the enemy would be quite popular. Which is why the MSM doesn't do them. Most media types (to the extent that they are liberals) frown on violence and see it as their duty to save us from our unseemly jingoistic impulses. Telling hero stories would lead to viewers being pleased that people had died. How Yucky. Cool high-tech weapons? Aren't' those for killing people? Also Yucky.
I'd almost rather they didn't try it. Best case senario: They turn it into some tacky Cops thing.
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