Media
August, 1992
Media Critics, like all other critics, have a dirty little secret: We're really fans. We may whine and moan about the sorry state of journalism, but--at night, all alone, hidden in our dens--we're news junkies. We love the media. We just have a funny way of showing it.At least, I used to love the media. My affection was sorely tested in the aftermath of the Rodney King verdict. Los Angeles, the city in which I live, exploded, and local TV news became the source of information in a town under sie...
