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Short Takes: News from All Over: January 29, 2004

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January 2004
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Iraq Blotted Out the Rest of the World in 2003 TV News
By Jim Lobe, Interpress Service News Agency
Counting minutes-per-year tells the tale of TV news. According to ADT Research, the three major networks' evening news shows devoted a whopping 4,047 minutes to Iraq in 2003, while the worldwide AIDS crisis got 39 minutes, global warming 15 minutes, and the war in Congo (which has killed 3 million people) got 5. -- EW
http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=21800

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