Why has 'Downing Street memo' story been a 'dud' in US? | csmonitor.com

"There may have been a point at which the US news media would have been all over a story about a British official's report that the Bush administration appeared intent on invading Iraq long before it sought Congress' approval -- and that it 'fixed' intelligence to fit its intention.
But May 2005 is apparently way past that point. "

The CS Monitor notes the demise of the contentious US press, or even the spectacle press. Leaves the Ministry of Information.