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You had to be there to believe it

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

Abstract

There are events and there are events that are reported in the media. How the media decide to report an event is reflected upon in this paper. Using case examples, the paper stresses that media coverage may describe but one part of an event, leaving other stories untold.

Type
Not the last word: point and counterpoint
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1997

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