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Mar 26, 2003 I thought I was the only one with this problem, but I'm not. No sleep, my eyes are bloodshot, my fingers hurt, I'm straining to hear, and I'm having trouble concentrating on anything else. No, it's not an illness, drugs, or booze, it's war coverage. Like many Americans I'm very interested in the happenings in Iraq. I worry about our men and women overseas and pray they come home safe and soon. I don't know if having to be near a television twenty four hours a day is an addiction, but I can't go anywhere that doesn't have a TV. We're hungry for news, and we're eating it up. I have talked to quite a few people that are doing the same thing that I'm doing. Some of them have family serving in the middle east and they are understandably worried, but what about the rest of us. I think it has to do with America's love of reallity TV. This war coverage is the "Ultimate Reallity TV" as quoted by one of the cable news stations. All the news outlets are doing! a great job with their coverage, but if you need 24/7 coverage, the cable news outlets are the best. One family I talked to, who have a Nephew in Iraq, are hooked, for good reason. When the war started, the first thing they did was set-up another TV set in their living room and one in the bedroom. All the televisions are set to different news outlets. They have a clock set to Baghdad time, and they are monitoring the internet for anything new. A VCR is set to record the "Highlights" of the war. Is this a bit much? I don't think so, and the family doesn't either. They are worried about their Nephew, and they will continue to watch until he comes home safe. My hat goes off to the news
outlets for their great coverage, and I will also continue to watch till the
members of our brave military come home. I'm proud to be an American, and I'm
proud of our military. I support our troops, and ask that every American out
there support them, always.
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