Romenesko

New York Observer
"The level of ignorance is distressing," says Los Angeles Times Baghdad bureau chief Tina Sussman. "It shows people aren't paying any attention to the stories. They're asking me about details like, 'Do you go out, do you go to the Green Zone?' And I tell them, 'Just read the stories!' If you just read the stories, they wouldn't have to ask. They say they're paying attention, but they don't. ...It's so easy to criticize the mainstream media for not covering the story, but there's a lot of coverage." PLUS: More observations from war reporters.