It is more than a little embarrassing that at the same time the national press revels in the Watergate exploits of Woodward, Bernstein and Deep Throat, it is collectively keeping the country in the dark about the “Downing Street memo.”
If you haven’t heard about the “Downing Street memo,” don’t feel bad. Most Americans have not either, due to the absence of reporting by the nation’s major news organizations.
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The facts are hard to dispute. The nation’s major newspapers, The Washington Post, the New York Times, USA Today and the Los Angeles Times have done scant reporting on the memo. The New York Times has published two stories on the memo and the other three newspapers have run one story each, none on their front pages. The coverage has largely been on the existence of the memo with no investigative reporting on the contents of the memo.
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The lack of national coverage of the memo is more likely a sign that the national media has been battered into submission by the constant pummeling from an administration that is relentless with its conservative agenda due to its re-election and stranglehold on Congress. It also may be a sign that the media, in search of readers and ratings, has stooped to pandering to news consumers who are more easily captivated by a missing 18-year-old girl in Aruba or the Michael Jackson trial than complex international issues.
Either way, it is difficult to be proud of our industry today, Deep Throat not withstanding.
http://www.wisinfo.com/northwestern/news/columns/stories/columns_21355003.shtml
Great job Mr. Rieckman!!!
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