Introduction

"This is a weird way to start a conversation, but I've never dreaded an episode like this before," says CNN's John Sutter. "I didn't know I was going to have it with you", he adds of the Iraq War anniversary. "It makes no sense that we're sitting here talking about the anniversary of something like 25 years ago on this day." 'We shouldn't tie our media production or content ... to the new news cycle TM,' writes Jarrett Bellini.