2007 Navy vs. Rutgers

[GreatAmerican]

<p><a href=“http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/RobertKnight/2007/09/14/rutgers_fans’_abuse_of_navy_players_elicits_media_yawn[/url]”>http://www.townhall.com/Columnists/RobertKnight/2007/09/14/rutgers_fans’_abuse_of_navy_players_elicits_media_yawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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It pays to be on the media’s approved victims list. </p>

<p>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. </p>

<p>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…

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