Quoting Anne Coulter is like...

[Tim May]

On Friday, June 20, 2003, at 03:10  PM, Steve Furlong wrote:

> On Friday 20 June 2003 17:42, James A. Donald wrote:
>
>> Watching MSNBC, one would have thought that the US was in for a
>> Stalingrad style battle for Baghdad, at a time when Fox
>> accurately reported that resistance had collapsed.
>
> Gulf War I made CNN a major player. The other news stations were hoping
> to ride Gulf War II, but it ended before they could turn a profit. No
> wonder they're pissed.
>

I was around and subscribing to CNN during Oil War I. CNN did not 
profit from advertising, but from reputation. Not because their news 
team was especially great, but because CBS, NBC, and ABC were running 
"Wheel of Fortune" and "Entertainment Tonight" precisely when many 
Americans wanted to see what was happening. Those who did not already 
have cable sought it out.

Oil War II was not much different in coverage, despite the silly 
"embedded reporters." The difference was that most households now have 
access to cable or satellite, and having CNN and Fox and MSNBC is no 
longer a big deal.

--Tim May
"To those who scare peace-loving people with phantoms of lost liberty, 
my message is this: Your tactics only aid terrorists."  --John 
Ashcroft, U.S. Attorney General