Bob Jensen, professor of journalism in the College of Communication, talks to KUT’s Ben Philpott about how mainstream media has failed in its coverage of the Haiti earthquake.
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It is certainly a great shame that modern television news in particular, and the wider media in general, devote far less time to airing the complexities and detail behind major stories, particularly international stories. Under resourcing in news rooms is unlikely to help, especially as so many foreign correspondents have been pensioned off in recent years.
Spot on!