Last night, my girlfriend and I were pondering what was worth watching on TV. I vetoed watching "Sixty Minutes", on the grounds that I didn't feel like arguing over the material they would present. (We watched the second installment of "Rome" instead – quite good, by the way.)
In retrospect, I'm glad I skipped Sixty Minutes.
One of the segments presented a bleak view of life in Iraq:
Tonight (Sunday, September 18, 2005), 60 Minutes aired a segment entitled "Life in Baghdad," hosted by Scott Pelley and produced by Shawn Efran. The story was nothing but the bleakest of portraits of life in the city of Baghdad. The story? Violence, fear, despair: repeat. However, unless you were paying close attention to Pelley's introduction to the story, you may have missed the fact that the segment originally aired nearly one year ago (On 60 Minutes II, October 6, 2004)! ("Last fall," as host Pelley put it.) Well, a lot has happened since last fall! Free elections! A stronger Iraqi security force! A forthcoming constitution! Has life improved in Baghdad since last year? 60 Minutes doesn't want to tell us. (On the other hand, if they don't want to tell us, that could be a sign that things are getting better.)
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