Recreational Poli Sci

What does the quantity of media coverage of returned fallen soldiers mean?

The Washington Examiner, via Drudge, reports today that media attention to returning caskets containing fallen US servicemen has dropped to nothing, following very high attention paid when Obama lifted the ban on photojournalism of the dead. Byron York concludes, “With casualties mounting, the debate over U.S. policy in Afghanistan is sharp and heated. The number of arrivals at Dover is increasing. But the journalists who once clamored to show the true human cost of war are nowhere to be found.” So how much attention is ideal? Was the media surge to cover returning caskets some sort statement disapproving of the previous policy?