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Of course, demonstrations, like most of the other "events" the press covers (such as interviews, press conferences, ship launchings) are not real events (Daniel Boorstin calls them "pseudo-events"). They are not spontaneous; they are merely shows for the press. They "demonstrate" that people are dissatisfied with things. They are...
Of course, the new kinds of "demonstrations" (Weathermen raids, the M. I. T. disruptions) are not so much demonstrations as military actions, designed to hurt the enemy. Most demonstrations are not like that, however. They are symbols of discontent at conditions; a riot, on the other hand, is a real...
THIS gets complicated, and before we go on we should introduce the cast-the men of the press who cover Harvard and, in the process, create their own subculture:
BOSTON GLOBE -The Globe's editor, Tom Winship, really goes for Harvard in a big way. He once said that Cambridge is one of the two or three best beats in the country. And he has spread around the wealth. No fewer than half a dozen Globe reporters and correspondents...
BOSTON HERALD TRAVELER -This paper, which supports Nixon in front-page editorials and is read widely by the over-50 types who?? season tickets to the Friday Symphony, is trying to get back the Harvard audience that it lost about 10 years ago when the Globe began to get good...