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The G8 Summit in Italy received lackluster coverage. CBS' White House correspondent Chip Reid did not even file a report. NBC's Chuck Todd offered a stand-up about a "tougher statement than the United States expected to get" from the world's leaders on Iran, giving Teheran a September deadline to enter talks on its nuclear program. ABC's Jake Tapper reminded us of the unmet promises of previous G8 gabfests. In 2005 the developed economies promised $25bn in development aid to Africa and delivered "one third of that money." This time global warming was the topic of the boilerplate: "Environmentalists had been hoping for bold action on climate change but little consensus was achieved…Instead they agreed on a non-binding goal" as the G8 nations "failed to get major polluters such as China and India to go along."
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