There are three groups of Americans on the issue of Iraq. Those who are pleased the surge has worked and is working, those who are not pleased, and those who don't care about much unless they are throwing a hissy fit.
The media, very reluctantly, and then in only qualified terms, admits the surge has been successful. Too bad. Had the media been as supportive all along, it may have been a little easier.
From a journalist's standpoint, the story hasn't changed for several months. The American "surge" appears to have made progress, and while Iraq is hardly safe, pockets of the country are much safer than before.
It's possible to pinpoint the exact week that the switch turned off. The war averaged 30 minutes per week of coverage last year on the three network evening newscasts up until Gen. David Petraeus, commander of the U.S. forces, testified in September about the surge's progress, according to news consultant Andrew Tyndall. In the last 15 weeks of the year, the broadcasts collectively spent four minutes per week on the war.
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