Re: Princess Diana, Somalia, NY Times, history

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From: eric smith
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 21:09

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packer@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles Packer) writes:

>I notice that that the NY Times gave greater weight yesterday
>(Thursday) to the story about the separation of the Prince and
>Princess of Wales than to Somalia. 

>In the Times's calculus, this makes sense because to them news
>events are important only insofar as they are symbols of turning
>points or watershed periods in history. The royal marriage story
>is important as a symbol of the decay of the British monarchy.
>The Somalia story is important as an indicator of the way US
>forces and UN authority will be combined in the future. 

I think the only importance newspapers place on stories is
how many papers they will sell.

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Eric Smith
erics@sco.com
erics@infoserv.com
CI$: 70262,3610

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Subject: Re: Princess Diana, Somalia, NY Times, history
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