From put-down to catch-up: the news and the anti-war movement. (Media).
American Prospect, The, March, 2003 by Gitlin, Todd
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AFTER MONTHS SPENT DILIGENTLY not noticing--or belittling--the anti-war movement, mainstream news media are suddenly listening up. But their sluggishness and incapacity illustrate a more general flaw: the inability of journalists to connect dots and put together big pictures.
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The movement's sudden arrival on media radar screens comes about partly because the movement is spreading, becoming "more of a story." But the movement was already spreading last Oct. 26, when large demonstrations in Washington and San Francisco got rather short and snippy shrift. Lynette ...
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