The Hackenblog has moved to http://hackenblog.hackenbush.org/ or www.hackenblog.com.Please update your links, thank you.[Previous entry: "AIDS numbers are going up again"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Gene Lyons, July 30, 2003"] 07/29/2003 Entry: "Not news" I think we knew this: "TV newscasts tended to ignore the 2002 midterm elections, says a USC Lear Center report. More than half the broadcasts leading up to the vote did not include a single story about the campaign, and paid political ads outnumbered news items 3 to 1." There is a nice pdf file of the report at the bottom of the page for those who want more detail. George S. Kaufman on publicity: Once when asked by a press agent, "How do I get my leading lady’s name into your newspaper?" Kaufman replied, "Shoot her."
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