Rob,

Agree with that -- after all, I worked in TV newsrooms for many years.

My observation of this coverage, though, is that with the exception of going live every time a bomb goes off on the other side of a city of several million people, and we see flashes in the sky -- the broadcasters aren't much more timely than the daily newspapers.

With the occassional snippets from the "embedded" reporters, most of the news still comes from the daily DOD briefings. In Vietnam, those were called "The Five O'Clock Follies" by the reporters there.

In the end, I hope that we can use the electronic media for the "fast breaking" stuff and newspapers for the important "in depth" stuff you mention.

If you get it all from broadcasting, I think it's pretty superficial.