Are papers fed up with the Iraq war?

Nice little piece that I have just read in the New Statesman this week by Brian Cathcart.

The news values that newspapers now have to adhere to, seem to have move the continuing story from Iraq from our papers. Brian describes the likely scenario at the editors conference.

Visualise the morning news conference at a daily paper, where, once again, the foreign editor informs his colleagues that there has been a heavy death toll inside Iraq. Somebody will pipe up: "Any Brits?" The answer will be no. Someone else will ask: "Is this a new peak?" The answer will again be no, since deaths are actually down from last year. And the discussion will swiftly move on to Hillary Clinton or the EU treaty or whatever is next on the foreign list.