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Coverage of War in Middle East  Aired July 30, 2006 - 10:00   ET
HOWARD KURTZ, CNN HOST: Mideast and the media, as the war drags
on, are journalists ducking the difficult questions? Has
Israel's bombing of Lebanon gone too far? Is the American press
too pro-Israel or too quick to compare the country to Hezbollah
which is deliberately killing civilians and how seriously should
reporters take Condi Rice's shuttle diplomacy? Iraq is back. The
prime minister's Washington visit briefly draws the spotlight,
but Iraq remains the other war.  Plus Middle East war bloggers.
How online diaries and Internet video are having an impact.
Welcome to RELIABLE SOURCES on this busy news morning where for
the next hour we'll turn our critical lens on how journalists
are bringing you the war from the Middle East. I'm Howard Kurtz
and joining us now from Tel Aviv is Lara Logan, CBS' chief
foreign correspondent and here in Washington, Donatella Lorch,
former foreign corres