How are the news sites dealing with the Sarin Gas story?

wysimdnwyg

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Tue May-18-04 02:58 PM
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How are the news sites dealing with the Sarin Gas story?

Here are the headlines I could find on several of the web sites of the top five TV news stations:

FoxNews.com:
Gallon of Sarin in Iraqi Artillery Shell
This was their top story, page one.

MSNBC.com
Sarin-loaded bomb explodes in Iraq
I had to go to the Iraq page, and this was still only the third headline.

CBSNews.com
Iraq Sarin Find Worries U.S.
This was on the front page, but it was the fourth headline of the World News section. Very easy to miss.

ABCNews.com
Cleric Urges Groups to Leave Iraqi Holy Cities
What Sarin Gas story?

CNN.com
Bremer: Killing of Iraq official won't delay handover
Nary a mention of a Sarin Gas story.

Are the TV News channels (other than Fox, of course) starting to view the stories Rove hands them with some skepticism?

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