For all practical purposes, the so-called “Beer Summit†held at the White House on Thursday between President Barack Obama, black Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Cambridge, Massachusetts police sergeant James Crowley, has fallen flat in the public and the media’s imagination.
Initially, news outlets were tipsy with coverage of the “Beer Summit.” MSNBC went [...]
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White House`Beer Summit’ falls flat
August 1st, 2009 |
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How Newspapers Abdicated the Front Page’s Influence and How They Can Get it Back By Linking
September 22nd, 2008 |
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The front page of the newspaper used to set the news agenda. Extra, Extra, read all about it! But that influence has steadily waned through the TV and Cable News era, and the web now threatens to obliterate it entirely.
So who sets the news agenda now? One significant influence is a guy with nothing but [...]