NY Times no longer necessary-Kurtz

• This is just one example of many. Until recently in news or sports, it simply wasn't known unless the NY Times and a few others decided you should know it:

Kurtz, Washington Post: "But now the middleman --

• the journalistic gatekeepers of yore --

• may no longer be necessary.

By the time White House environmental adviser Van Jones resigned over Labor Day weekend,

• the New York Times had not run a single story.

Neither had USA Today, which also didn't cover the resignation. The Washington Post had done one piece, on the day before he quit. The Los Angeles Times had carried a short article the previous week questioning Glenn Beck's assault on the White House aide.

• There had been nothing on the network newscasts."...

9/14/09, from "Unamplified, Beck's Voice Still Carries," Washington Post column by Howard Kurtz (Kurtz also works for CNN). via Lucianne.com

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