Nets Thrilled by Warner Call for 5,000 Fewer Troops, But Distressed When Bush Makes It Happen

Published: September 14, 2007, 12:00 pm

Tags: iraq, bob schieffer, brian williams, charles gibson, george stephanopoulos, george w bush, katie couric, tim russert, abc, cbs, nbc

Three weeks ago, when Republican Senator John Warner suggested a withdrawal of about 5,000 U.S. forces from Iraq by Christmas, the networks trumpeted the idea as evidence of a major turning point in the war. Thursday night, President Bush announced he would, in fact, lower U.S. troop levels by 5,700 by Christmas, but those same networks were dissatisfied, with NBC's Tim Russert grumbling that the President's idea was really U.S. military involvement in Iraq this year, next year, and well after I leave the presidency. As MRC's Brent Baker noted back on August 23, Warner's suggestion of a small withdrawal was met with giddy excitement: CBS's Katie Couric touted a major blow tonight to President Bush's Iraq policy' and ABC's Martha Raddatz saw a stunning announcement that could have a powerful effect on the war' as the NBC Nightly News, for the fifth time in two years, heralded a turning point' against the war. But during their live coverage

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