Is. the U.S Media in a Position to Analysis Afghanistan? Plus Taliban Infighting

This morning I watched the President's news conference at the White House. Several question came up about Afghanistan and if perhaps we are losing there. Expect more of this as the media has to find another story as the good news increases from Iraq.

That being said there needs to be more news on Afghanistan and public reengagement of it. Whenever you hear the news media though talk about our effort there please keep this in your mind that most US news organization do not see fit to ahve full time Staff or News Bureau there. Perhaps the people should be asking them why not?

The New York Times reported:
Coverage of the war in Afghanistan has increased slightly this year, with 46 minutes of total coverage year-to-date compared with 83 minutes for all of 2007. NBC has spent 25 minutes covering Afghanistan, partly because the anchor Brian Williams visited the country earlier in the month. Through Wednesday, when an ABC correspondent was in the middle of a prolonged visit to the country, ABC had spent 13 minutes covering Afghanistan. CBS has spent eight minutes covering Afghanistan so far this year.

Both Ms. Logan and Mr. McCarthy noted that more coalition soldiers were killed in Afghanistan in May than in Iraq. No American television network has a full-time correspondent in Afghanistan, although CNN recently said it would open a bureau in Kabul.

“It’s terrible,” Ms. Logan said in the telephone interview. She called it a financial decision. “We can’t afford to maintain operations in Iraq and Afghanistan at the same time,” she said. “It’s so expensive and the security risks are so great that it’s prohibitive.”

I hope this point is not missed until the above is corrected.

Moving on the main point. AJ has an intriguing story at Taliban Infighting May Be Sign Of Pakistan “Awakening”. Please note again the news reports are Pakistan in Origin and also British.

Also see AJ's on the subject
Curious Coincidence: Bin Laden, Bajaur Agency, US Missiles In The News,
US Special Forces In Pakistan - For Months Now
and
Taliban Destroy Delusions Of “Negotiated Peace” Inside Pakistan Government