There’s been so much good writing on the subject this week that I wanted to give this its own post. First, Newsweek‘s Gaggle blog tackled the topic of why the Nashville flood has received such minor coverage from the national media. I’ve heard a lot of speculation, but Anthony Romano comes at it from a practical media business/culture angle and really hits on some good points:
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