Thursday, April 19, 2007

How'd They Do?

Writing an opinion piece in the Los Angeles Times, media critic Tim Rutten says the media by and large did a good job in covering the Virginia Tech tragedy.

He writes:
Taken as a whole, the news media did a thorough, competent and humane job of
covering the massacre at Virginia Tech, particularly over the story's first 24
hours, when facts were most in demand and hardest to come by.
Today in class, we will look at the coverage from a more student-centric point of view.

1 comment:

King Devon the Magnificent said...

I found that the first 24 hours contained the least amount of facts. I don't know if I totally subscribe to this point of view.