Two Views of Iraq: Reporters There verus U.S. Public Here

[I wonder who has shaped the U.S. public's view of Iraq? Ed Kent]

Pew Research Center:

(11/28/07)
The polling outfit has a new survey of journalists working in Iraq, who basically say they are unable to tell the whole story—but from what they can see, things are awful:

Two Views of Iraq

A Survey of Reporters
On the Front Lines
28 Nov 07 Journalists covering Iraq—mostly veteran war correspondents—give their reporting a generally positive assessment but describe conditions there as the most perilous they have ever encountered.

Public Sees Improved War Effort
27 Nov 07 For the first time in a long time, nearly half of Americans express positive opinions about the situation in Iraq and judgments about the overall situation there have been improving steadily since the summer.
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