Saturday, 29. March 2003
Topic: W A R - on March 29, 2003 at 1:32:22 AM CET
Viewers losing interest in war
In the media war - as in the war itself to some extent - disillusion has set in.
Audiences are slipping and the novelty of the wall-to-wall coverage, with its unprecedented media access to the front line, has worn off.
Only a few days ago, millions in Britain and elsewhere were marvelling at the live TV battle coverage from Umm Qasr and applauding the freedom granted to the correspondents and camera crews "embedded" with fighting units.
Now the drawbacks of this torrent of media coverage are becoming apparent.
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