Iraq War: TV Network Review

There is only one consistently worth watching: Fox.

The news programme from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation has been broadcast here by C-Span. Some Canadian friends complain about its bias but I was unprepared for how incredibly boring it is.

Some BBC coverage has also been seen on C-Span - usually after 10 p.m. PST. Very disappointing, partly because it is so repetitious. Some of this can't be helped; it's their "Breakfast" programme, not unlike "Today". You know what that means. But there is another issue: is it, in fact, accurate? According to their own defence correspondent in Qatar: No. Paul Adams said: "I was gobsmacked to hear, in a set of headlines today, that the coalition was suffering 'significant casualties'. This is simply not true. "Nor is it true to say - as the same info stated - that coalition forces are fighting 'guerrillas'. It may be guerrilla warfare but they are not guerrillas."

He added: "Who dreamed up the line that the coalition are achieving 'small victories at a very high price'?. The truth is exactly the opposite. The gains are huge and costs still low. This is real warfare, however one-sided, and losses are to be expected."

CNN lost me with its extended interview last night with the ghastly Michael Moore. (Yes the word "extended" is relative. If I can only take 15 seconds, then 30 seconds is "extended". How long was it, really? Dunno. Like I said, 15 seconds was my limit.)