You don't have to approve of Stephen Colbert's utterly scathing performance at this past weekend's White House Press Correspondents Association Dinner (video here), but what's very interesting (at least from the media conglomorate perspective) was the nearly complete silence about the whole thing in mainstream media.
That is, until the "blogstorm," both for and against the performance, forced it to appear finally in the New York Times...
What do you think? Whether you approve of Colbert's lambasting of the President or not, was it newsworthy? Should mainstream media have reported more about the heated reactions from all sides sooner than four days later, do you think??
(Humor is a longstanding tradition at this dinner of White House journalists... And so, either way, I have to admit that the hands-down funniest routine was maybe actually that with Bush himself, together with a comedian imitating him and his inner thought processes ... That's the real Bush on the left! Enjoy!!)
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The Free Expression Policy Project
"The Free Expression Policy Project has been part of the NYUSchool of Law’s Brennan Center for Justice for the past two years. During that time, the Project has continued to provide research reports and a host of other valuable insights on copyright, free speech, and media democracy issues. The site is fairly easy to navigate, as users can peruse some of the topical headings offered at the top of the homepage. These include areas that deal with media policy, violence in the media, art censorship, and censorship history. Users can also use tabs on the left side of the homepage to look over a number of fact sheets, commentaries, and court and agency briefs. Overall, the site contains a host of materials that will be quite helpful to both legal scholars and those with an interest in these weighty and important issues." (from The Internet Scout Report, Feb. 17, 2006)
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