Open Thread: Examining Media Attempts to ‘Steer the Coverage’
Over at his digs at Pajamas Media, Ed Driscoll has a new episode of “Silicon Graffiti” posted, in which he examines media attempts to, in the words of New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane, “steer the coverage” – in a single direction, of course. Those efforts manifested most recently in attempts to pin responsibility for the Tucson massacre – in one form or another – on conservative pundits and politicians. Thoughts?
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Open Thread: Examining Media Attempts to ‘Steer the Coverage’
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on January 28, 2011. Filed under