Insult vs. Information in Today\u27s News Media

Arthur E. Rowse, a veteran newsman and media critic, retired from U.S. News & World Report after serving on the city desks of the Boston Globe, Boston Herald/Traveler, and Washington Post. He is the author of Drive-By Journalism: The Assault on Your Need to Know (Common Courage Press, 2000). This talk was delivered at the Seventh Annual Media Studies Symposium at Sacred Heart University on March 25, 2001