Comments on: Navy SEAL Lieutenant Murphy’s Medal of Honor http://www.jocund.net/brian/2007/10/15/navy-seal-lieutenant-murphys-medal-of-honor/ freedom is the silence of the law Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:33:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Scott http://www.jocund.net/brian/2007/10/15/navy-seal-lieutenant-murphys-medal-of-honor/#comment-6738 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 03:03:12 +0000 http://www.jocund.net/brian/2007/10/15/navy-seal-lieutenant-murphys-medal-of-honor/#comment-6738 Unfortunately, there seems to be a belief in media that stories such as Lt. Michael P. Murphy's won't grab people's attention, won't cause people to buy a newspaper or click on a link on a website. Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I'd much rather read about stories such as Lt. Murphy's over more negative stories about the US's strategy in Iraq or criticism on the latest government official in the news. I expect the media has data that supports their approach to these types of stories and decisions not to include them. I am curious, in those newspapers that did run the story were they on the front page or buried in some obscure location in the paper? Unfortunately, there seems to be a belief in media that stories such as Lt. Michael P. Murphy’s won’t grab people’s attention, won’t cause people to buy a newspaper or click on a link on a website. Perhaps I’m in the minority, but I’d much rather read about stories such as Lt. Murphy’s over more negative stories about the US’s strategy in Iraq or criticism on the latest government official in the news.

I expect the media has data that supports their approach to these types of stories and decisions not to include them. I am curious, in those newspapers that did run the story were they on the front page or buried in some obscure location in the paper?

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