All in the Family

otherwise generally uncooperative.nThat point (the fact that journalistsnaren't very sharp) is stressed throughoutnthe book. First Gitlin asserts, "thenarchetypical news story is a crime story,nand an opposition movement is ordinarily,nroutinely, and unthinkingly treatednas a sort of crime." Thinking is out because:n"Extending the news story wouldnentail . . .