The Media and the Surge

by Kevin Drum
Politics

THE MEDIA AND THE SURGE….Gen. Petraeus may be pretty good at handling the media, but even the best media handler can only get results if the media plays along. So how has the media done? Greg Sargent takes a look at that side of the story today and he’s not impressed.

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