People who oppose the Bush policy on Iraq have criticized the media's use of the terms "anti-war" and "pro-troops" to describe the two sides of the war debate, arguing that such language suggests people who oppose the war do not support our troops. The media, and people who hope to get their message into the media, are becoming increasingly aware of how to characterize issues and agendas, especially as news stories get shorter and shorter. Carlin Cors Campbell is a professor of Communications Studies and chair of the speech communications department at the University of Minnesota. Carlin Cors Campbell is a professor of Communications Studies and chair of the communications studies department at the University of Minnesota.