is there any mention of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in mainstream news anymore?

[w8liftinglady]

I'll admit I don't get to watch news like I'd like to,but what has your experience been?is there any interest in this on a national basis?

[w8liftinglady]

1. well.Here seems to be the best resource - shame this is where we go to get news.

http://www.defense.gov/releases/

01/16/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualty
01/15/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualty
01/14/2011: DOD Announces Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration Program
01/13/2011: Tricare Young Adult Program Announced
01/13/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualties
01/12/2011: Airmen Missing from Vietnam War Identified
01/12/2011: National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Activated as of January 11, 2011
01/12/2011: DOD Announces Recruiting and Retention Numbers for Fiscal Year-to-Date 2011, through December
01/11/2011: Senior Executive Service Announcements
01/10/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualty
01/10/2011: Opening Statement by Secretary Robert Gates during Joint Press Conference with General Liang Guanglie from Beijing, China
01/09/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualties
01/08/2011: Statement by Secretary of Defense Gates on Tucson Shooting
01/08/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualties
01/08/2011: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
01/07/2011: DOD Identifies Units for Upcoming Afghanistan Rotation
01/07/2011: General Officer Assignments
01/06/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualty
01/06/2011: Detainee Transfer Announced
01/06/2011: Statement by the Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos on Efficiencies
01/06/2011: Statement by the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations on Efficiencies
01/06/2011: Statement by the Secretary of the Army John McHugh on Efficiencies
01/06/2011: Statement by Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Norton Schwartz on Efficiencies
01/06/2011: DOD Announces $150 Billion Reinvestment from Efficiencies Savings
01/06/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualties
01/05/2011: National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Activated as of January 04, 2011
01/03/2011: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
01/03/2011: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
01/02/2011: DOD Identifies Army Casualty
12/29/2010: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
12/29/2010: Littoral Combat Ship Contract Award Announced
12/29/2010: National Guard (in Federal Status) and Reserve Activated as of December 28, 2010
12/28/2010: Senior Executive Service Announcements
12/28/2010: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
12/27/2010: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
12/25/2010: Defense Space Changes Continue with First Secretary of the Air Force-Chaired Council Meeting
12/23/2010: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
12/22/2010: "Secretary Robert Gates Statement on Passage of the Fiscal 2011 NDAA"
12/22/2010: National Guard (In Federal Status) and Reserve Activated
12/22/2010: Deadline for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay Extended
12/21/2010: DOD Identifies Army Casualty
12/21/2010: Senior Executive Service Announcements
12/21/2010: Statement by Secretary Robert Gates on the New START Treaty
12/20/2010: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
12/20/2010: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty
12/20/2010: Air Force Announces Classic Association at Kirtland Air Force Base
12/18/2010: Statement by Adm. Mike Mullen on Senate Vote to Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
12/18/2010: Statement by Secretary Robert Gates on Senate Vote to Repeal ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
12/18/2010: DOD Identifies Marine Casualty

[Submariner]

2. 11/05/2008

Bush hands colossal mess to Obama after he lost both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[EFerrari]

3. Democracy Now reports the wars as do Al jazeera

and LinkTV's Mosaic. I never watch network news or other corporate cable news except Al Jazeera. They're worthless on most topics, not only on the war.

[w8liftinglady]

4. that's exactly my point.

Do "we" nationally ever hear about war anymore?
do "we" care?

[EFerrari]

7. Can you measure what "we" care about by evaluating the corporate media?

[w8liftinglady]

9. "we" in DU are a minority.The majority are the ones they cater to.

My co-wrokers are the majority who have no clue.they hear nothing about war,have no one in the warzone,and therefore believe that everything is hunky-dory...otherwise
"we'd hear"

"we are making progress...you don't hear about troops problems over there"...quoteth they.
"How many have we lost over there?,How many injured?How many Iraqis are homeless?"
"Is that all you have to whine about?"

This IS the mainstream.
As we enter decade number two.

They don't watch Al jazeera(traitors watch that)
Link (Traitors watch those foreigners and socialists)
Free Speech TV(What?...Snookie's on)

They SOMETIMES watch Meet The Press and those types of shows here...I heard NO reference to Iraq and Afghanistan there....for weeks.

I discussed this with vets I know...even during VietNam,we were informed somewhat about war zone statistics on national news (ABC,CBS,NBC)... people at least KNEW we were still in a war zone.

Now,they have forgotten.

How do we get them to watch Link, al Jazeera, and free speech TV?
Why should we have to?
It's like we are underground again...the war has gone underground.

[EFerrari]

10. The"minority" the corporate media caters to is its own stakeholders.

The public has very little to do with that, even the segment of the public that is very badly informed.

The wars haven't gone underground. The truth is, millions of people all over the world follow them pretty closely. The minority is actually people who still follow the corporate media in America, which is the propaganda arm of global capitalists. And they lose audience every day.

[spanone]

5. there was saturday when 3 u.s. soldiers were killed

otherwise wars overseas are expensive to cover....so they don't get coverage

[lonestarnot]

6. 11 billion a month in the shitter.

[Swamp Rat]

8. Huh?... what wars?