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via NYtimes.com
Mel Gibson in a sheriff’s mug shot. |
Although it's nominally about
Mel Gibson and his anti-Semitic comments, this
Huffington Post item offers a fairly insightful glimpse into how news travels so fast nowadays, globally.
It dissects some of the coverage of the Gibson saga, including how the news seemed to shift from reporting about his remarks to comments about the coverage itself. Then it returned to the question of substance, Gibson's anti-Semitism, with a report from the Herald Sun of Australia about Gibson's membership "in a 'far right' group notorious for its anti-Semitic conspiracy theories and Holocaust denial."
Web sites can not only break news -- remember,
the Gibson story first surfaced, more or less, on TMZ.com. Today, they also can play an integral role in a story's lifespan.
