At 4am ET, PM al-Maliki addressed the Iraqi parliament and outlined his reconciliation plan. It reportedly includes 28 points, a few of which have already been revealed by the press.
For some odd reason, CNN decided to break away from the live coverage to regularly-scheduled rerun programming shortly after al-Maliki began speaking. One would think that such a momentous occasion would merit complete coverage. Apparently, only shock and awe makes the grade. The Pentagon Channel didn't carry it either. It is obviously assumed that when America sleeps, the rest of the world does too and that commercials for motorized wheelchairs are more important than actual important fucking breaking news from Iraq that could change the course of events from here on in.
An optimistic and cautious Reuters refers to it as a 'peace plan'. One would think that might suggest an event of some major significance, no?
Alas, following over half an hour of searching the usual online news sources for some mention of this breaking story, MSNBC seems to have come out the winner but it had to intersperse news about Japan's troop withdrawals from Iraq with fragments of what has already been made public about the reconciliation plan because it obviously has yet to obtain a copy of Maliki's proposal.
I, for one, am seriously disappointed in the media's lack of willingness to treat this story as something worthy of timely reporting. When Bush takes the stage, every damn channel has his face plastered all over the screen and the transcripts of his ever-so-new and wise words are quickly made available online for all to see.
But when Iraq annouces a 'peace plan'? Hey. No big deal. We've got wheelchairs to sell.
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