Space & journalism

phil — 7/21/2001 4:33:29 PM (archived)

http://boston.com/dailynews/202/nation/Astronauts_attach_final_tank_f:.shtml

Nice coverage but I'm sure you've all noticed the following...
EVERY single space story carried by AP, etc. mentions the cost of the mission in the 1st paragraph. Go look. Same with TV news reports. Now, ask yourself this. Do journalists ALWAYS mention the cost of welfare in every homeless or other welfare issue story? Do they EVER mention that hundreds of billions spent there? Nope. Now, why is that? Why is a space story, with it's far smaller than social program budget always lead with a cost metric?

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Space & journalism - phil - 7/21/2001 4:33:29 PM
- Maybe they should mention the cost of other programs - Larry J - 7/23/2001 2:24:16 PM
- Re: Space & journalism - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2001 7:29:20 PM
  - A misleading statement... - Tom Brosz - 7/21/2001 7:31:44 PM
    - Re: A misleading statement... - phil - 7/21/2001 9:03:23 AM

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