CNN, to their credit, aired the Allawi speech. But as soon as it was over, cut to anchor, who goes to reporter Joe Johns, who quickly points out that the speech was “full of platitudes” and was but a photo-op for the prime minister and the Bush administration. The “reality” is, Johns pointed out, is insurgency, etc.
So CNN gets even a cursory dose of good news about Iraq and has to quickly shoot down.