Just one thought on the president’s speech last night – or more accurately, on the media coverage of the president’s speech last night, effectively keeping American forces in Iraq through the end of his presidency, and returning the “surge” troops under the auspice of reducing troop levels – never mind the fact that they were always destined to be brought home at that time.

Surely, I won’t be the only to note it, but while the main three networks billed the Bush speech as a “special report,” “presidential address,” or somesuch, at the bottom, FOX had “Iraq: Moving Forward.” Hmm … Then they segued straight back into “Don’t Forget the Lyrics,” while NBC, ABC and CBS carried the Dem response. Not terribly shocking, but more bald-faced than usual? Signs of desperation all around …

This article appears in September 14 • 2007.

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