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Unjust Media Coverage of the DNC
Posted on August 04, 2004
If you have read about our Just Media Project then you are aware of the problems that plague our mainstream media. A recent article from the New York Times republished on the Free Press website examines the news coverage of the Democratic National Convention and the upcoming election to expose how our news media continues to fail the public.
What Me Missed in Boston
From New York Times, August 1, 2004
By Alessandra Stanley
People, particularly network anchors, complain that conventions are too tailored to television. Actually, they are not tailored enough. If the parties really wanted the networks to give them gavel-to-gavel coverage, they would cut the event down to one night, not select a nominee in advance, and let viewers call in and, as they do on the Fox Network hit, vote for their favorite speaker - Convention Idol.
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