Come to think of it

The P-boys make an excellent point. I can't remember the last time I heard a war story about the actual context of the war: "At one time, such coverge included reports about battles, territory lost and gained, and the like."

The reporting we get isn't much different than budget stories that report individual line itmes, but never tell you what the total budget is, its overall structure, or anything meaningful about it, such as comparisons to previous budgets and comparable budgets.

But that's the Manhattan media. Give us them death counts, baby.