So what, in addition to having pictures, is fueling the media's obsession with the Iraqi prisoner treatment story⢠The Media Research Center highlights this analysis from Eric Dezenhall, an expert on crisis public relations, taken from Fox News Network's "Special Report" with Brit Hume:
"The media like the story of the arrogant America. ... I think you have an elite community that doesn't like this war, and the notion of the military perpetrating something like this validates the notion that all things military are bad, all things assertive are bad, and that all things Bush are bad. So you have a nice little package here."
Same poll, two takes
From MSNBC.com: "NBC poll: Pessimism not sticking to president; half of voters unhappy with direction, but Bush still leads Kerry."
From NBC's Tom Brokaw: "The new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll is out tonight, and it contains some unsettling news for President Bush and just a sliver of good news for him."
