2007 Navy vs. Rutgers

GreatAmerican
Sun, 16 Sep 2007 15:14:47 +0000

http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/RobertKnight/2007/09/14/rutgers_fans’_abuse_of_navy_players_elicits_media_yawn



It pays to be on the media’s approved victims list.

After Don Imus made his “ho” comment about the Rutgers women’s basketball team on April 4, the media went into a feeding frenzy. In the first week after the story broke, the three major networks aired a total of 19 segments. On cable, CNN had 60, with Fox News at 21 and MSNBC at 13.

The New York Times ran 12 articles, USA Today and The Washington Post each ran nine, and Newark, New Jersey’s Star-Ledger ran 11…