Cnn No-comments Outcry Over Breaking Coverage Of Rape Verdict

Erik Wemple, Washington Post
Mon, 03/18/2013 - 10:33am

CNN doesn't want to chat about the tone of its breaking-news coverage yesterday of the verdict in the Steubenville rape case. "[W]e'll decline" comment, e-mailed Barbara Levin, the network's vice president for communications. Read full article >>

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