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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The Birther Explosion: If the Media Covers It, It’s News

image For media watchers, the dramatic escalation of the ‘birther’ story is a fascinating study in the continued capacity of the traditional media to steer the national discourse…

We’ll know we’ve reached a tipping point (still far off) when the media hypes something, the online commentariat hypes something else, and the latter becomes the center of national attention.

 

Topics: media, obama, birther, birth-certificate

Posted by Peter Daou on 07/28 at 06:35 AM
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