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URL: Do not ignore Iraq

Yet another broadcaster, this time Jon Snow, adds to the growing discontent being voiced over the lack of attention being given to Iraq.

I have a story in this week's Press Gazette on that very matter in which ITN's Bill Neely, Channel 4's Dorothy Byrne and CNN's Nic Robinson vent their spleens on the deplorable state of foreign news coverage in Britain.

But who really is to blame - is it the MoD for denying access, the journalists and editors themselves who do want to put themselves at risk but are also in search of higher ratings and sexy stories or the public themselves, many of whom would prefer 3 minutes on the latest Big Brother scandal over bombings in Baghdad?