The News The Whole News and Nothing But the News
May 28, 2004
The Times note underscores the argument over whether the coverage of Iraq has been too upbeat and needs correction, as conceded in the Times, or so excessively biased that it actually hurts the war effort, as charged by conservatives and some in the military. This week media critic and educator Jay Rosen wrote in his weblog, Press Think, that he objects to the very terms of that debate. It’s not about quantifying the positive and negative, it’s about completeness, he says. Jay Rosen joins Brooke to put forth his argument that the coverage is distorted because it’s too narrow.
