Keeping to the war/invasion news theme - it's been interesting (though perhaps not so surprising) to note that in all the coverage given to the death of an ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) cameraman in Iraq at the hand of a taxi driving suicide bomber (which is a horrible thing, don't get me wrong), I have seen no mention whatsoever in Australian coverage of the fact that four other innocent people were killed as well. That bit of information I had to glean from BBC coverage.

At what point in our cultural history did the role of the media become so important in the stories that they cover? I blame postmodernism.