New media; old debate

The Transportation Safety administration Administration recently put into effect more aggressive airport security measures. It has been catching a lot of press. The coverage might help us to apply the ideas in Eric Alterman's article.

One of The Atlantic Monthly's bloggers have this treatment of the airport security issue.

Mediaite has this treatment of the topic:


And finally, the New York Times has this account of the change in airport security measures rolling out this month.

Read/view all three and be prepared to:

• discuss the inherent differences in the way new media (first two treatments of the story) and old media (last treatment) cover the same story.
• reflect on your analysis of the Alterman article in your paper, and comment on how these stories reflect that article's main ideas.