Is the Reason

"everybody" is glued to the invasion story because of civic duty, or is it because the Rove administration and their shills in the media have guaranteed there is nothing else to report?

I can go to Democratic Underground and virtually all of the topics are about Iraq. Is it because posters are obsessed with it? Not exactly. It's because it's the only thing that's been reported, 24/7.

This is exactly what the administration wants. There are things going on, truly outrageous things, especially in Congress, and they are hoping to slip these awful things through--such as bankruptcy "reform"--when they think nobody is looking.

Contrast this with Vietnam. Vietnam was news every day for almost 10 years. However, it wasn't being reported 24/7. People were not kept in the dark about other things going on in their country and the world.

Those were the days when the media were halfway independent and free. Now we have only propaganda 24/7 with cable news networks and talk radio.