Comments on: Why is it so Difficult for Journalists to Simply Tell the Story? http://www.sundriesshack.com/2010/06/29/why-is-it-so-difficult-for-journalists-to-simply-tell-the-story/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Sat, 26 May 2012 03:09:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Nolanimrodhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2010/06/29/why-is-it-so-difficult-for-journalists-to-simply-tell-the-story/comment-page-1/#comment-691119 Nolanimrod Tue, 29 Jun 2010 23:08:37 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=12787#comment-691119 Why did Newsweek bury the Lewinsky story? This question, by the way, is the answer to the question, <em>How did the American media establishment go from a puissant king maker to the village wino pawing through trash for returnable cans in bottles in one generation?</em>. Do this thought experiment: <blockquote>Imagine you're head of the Astrophysics Dept. at MIT. One night you find a new planet right here in our own solar system. One nobody had suspected was there because it was hidden behind the sun. But on this planet there is a large area that looks just like Karl Rove. You hate Karl Rove. So you tell no one about the planet. Six months later little Timmy from two blocks over uses the planet for his show-and-tell moment. Timmy gets credit for the discovery. The MIT dean is thrilled, too.</blockquote> Why did Newsweek bury the Lewinsky story? This question, by the way, is the answer to the question, How did the American media establishment go from a puissant king maker to the village wino pawing through trash for returnable cans in bottles in one generation?.

Do this thought experiment:

Imagine you're head of the Astrophysics Dept. at MIT. One night you find a new planet right here in our own solar system. One nobody had suspected was there because it was hidden behind the sun. But on this planet there is a large area that looks just like Karl Rove. You hate Karl Rove. So you tell no one about the planet. Six months later little Timmy from two blocks over uses the planet for his show-and-tell moment. Timmy gets credit for the discovery. The MIT dean is thrilled, too.

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