Extra! 1991 Ed. 2 – March/April

March 1, 1991

Rape Coverage

Rape, and in particular acquaintance rape, has become something of a human interest story-of-choice for mainstream newspaper editors recently. But more coverage has usually not meant better. When five St. John’s University students were charged in the rape of a fellow student last spring, the New York Daily News went out of its way to […]

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