…, with little change since World War I
"The human costs of America's wars have received scant attention in daily war reporting -- through five major conflicts going back a century -- says an extensive and first-of-its-kind study of New York Times war coverage being published this month.
Chart showing percentage of New York Times war stories mentioning U.S. dead, wounded or prisoners from World War I through Iraq. | Graphic courtesy Scott Althaus
It's timely research given the major anniversaries this year for three of those conflicts.
No matter the war, the number of dead and wounded, the degree of government censorship, the type of warfare, or whether volunteers or draftees are doing the fighting, casualties get little mention, says Scott Althaus, a University of Illinois professor of political science and of communication, and the study's lead author…"
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