Journalist as an Idealogue
This chapter seems to me to be questioning what makes a story news and what motivates journalists to publish it.
Unfortunately, one aspect that is not really a “value” but is covered quite frequently, is entertainment journalism. Recently, the craziness of Charlie Sheen has been covered and in this article proves that more and more people are covering it because people are more interested in that than they are in the revolts going on in Egypt and Libya.
