Haditha: the story behind a delayed story

The story of the Haditha massacre has assumed huge proportions in the past week. But Time magazine broke the news in March, so why the long fuse before it caught fire? The Washington Post's media commentator Howard Kurtz considers possible reasons. From a different perspective, Diana Mukkaled, an Arab journalist, points to the western media's good work in exposing the tragedy. (Via washingtonpost.com)