Open Thread: Examining Media Attempts to 'Steer the Coverage'

January 28th, 2011 10:01 AM

Over at his digs at Pajamas Media, Ed Driscoll has a new episode of "Silicon Graffiti" posted, in which he examines media attempts to, in the words of New York Times public editor Arthur Brisbane, "steer the coverage" - in a single direction, of course. Those efforts manifested most recently in attempts to pin responsibility for the Tucson massacre - in one form or another - on conservative pundits and politicians.

Thoughts?