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Warp Speed: America in the Age of the Mixed Media
Warp Speed America in the Age of the Mixed Media Author:Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel The media spotlight has turned from the political and legal wars in Washington over Monicagate to bombs over Belgrade and a massacre in a high school in Littleton. The topics may have changed but the formula for reporting the "big story" seems all too familiar: wall-to-wall coverage, special graphics, constant analysis and predictions, interview... more »s with officials who "can't say," and important new developments revealed by unnamed sources. Welcome to the new media culture. It's faster, but is it better? There's more coverage, but is there more news?« less