washingtonpost.com — "Toward the end of 1979, hundreds of American and Canadian journalists and news organizations got hold of a dynamite news story that would have made personal reputations and careers and sent circulation or broadcast ratings soaring. Any one of these reporters could have had the scoop of a lifetime."
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elebrioJul 21, 2006
It's kind of sad that the author of this article had to go all the way back to 1979 to find a poignant example.
pabsterJul 22, 2006
And the bloggers who have exposed them. Thank god for the rise of alternative media.
vze2wnv2Jul 22, 2006
It's probably a cliche to remember now one of the most historic examples of when a newspaper agreed to not publish a story which was when the New York Times found out about the failed Kennedy Administration-supported invasion of Cuba to overthrow Fidel.
themacxJul 23, 2006
Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... Copy - Paste.... my general impression of the media.
themacxJul 23, 2006
davidro;so you think Michael J. Berlin is his real name?
dclowd9901Jul 24, 2006
"Print media is some of the worst out there..."I love that you can say erroneous bulls**t like that, without any sort of proof, and get dugg up. This place is a joke.