The U.S. is going to wage a war against Iraq because Saddam Hussein is an evil jerk who has been developing "weapons of mass destruction" for the last decade. And yet representatives in the U.S. media are now booking hotel rooms in Baghdad and securing bunks at U.S. military facilities throughout the Middle East, in anticipation of this so-called "war."
Am I the only one who thinks there is something wrong with this picture?
Something wrong? No, you're not the only one. But this is the reality in the ratings-driven world of television news.
Remember - CBS News has already staked out a strategic rooftop across from St. Peter's Square (and has had a huge deposit on it for the better part of the last decade) for when Pope John Paul dies and the period until a new pontiff is selected by the College of Cardinals.
'Tis a strange business, but it is business as usual for them.