depth you can get into. we re lucky at cnn we have 2a hours a day, and i was doing live shots for our morning show that would sometimes go 18 minutes. you are able to have a more expansive conversation. but there s no question that there is a trickle down. of course there is, and there are certain areas there are more interesting to americans, and those areas obviously get the most attention. alex, it s a stark analysis that you offer us. do you draw that conclusion because there are structural problems within how american news works, or is it particular to this story? i think there are - structural problems. this is probably the most glaring example of it. - i think because the assumption that americans either don t - care about afghanistan i or assume the war is not going well to begin with. two things i ve written . about i think are related one is there is a bias. to what i call new news. the story is much bigger-
but isn t it notjust about politics about both sides and decisions taken by editors that think it s easier to make content that s popular if it s seen through domestic politics, rather through experiences of afghans? i think it depends where you work. obviously, if you work at one of the big three networks in the us and you have a half hour evening news show, you re a lot more limited in how much debt you can get into. depth you can get into. we re lucky at cnn we have 2a hours a day, and i was doing live shots for our morning show that would sometimes go 18 minutes. you are able to have a more expansive conversation. but there s no question that there is a trickle down. of course there is, and there are certain areas there are more interesting to americans, and those areas obviously get the most attention. alex, it s a stark analysis that you offer us. do you draw that conclusion because there are structural problems within how american news works, or is it particular to this story?
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