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April 23, 2008
The Big Yawn
The LA Times demonstrates that the Barstow article about ________ (government propaganda or journalistic corruption--take your pick) suffered from bad kairos. But even good timing wouldn't have overcome two important reasons why this story failed to sprout legs: 1) apparently, Americans expect such nonsense, and 2) TV news ain't going to criticize itself in any fundamental way (tends to point out how poorly it serves the public interest).
Tags: journalism, rhetoric, politics
Posted by acline at April 23, 2008 8:39 AM | | Spotlight