Dept. of fine distinctions. The Northfield-based retailer of a negative-ion generator says the product “is not cleared by the FDA, so we do not make any health claims for it.” Yet the advertised dial settings include “fewer colds and flu” and “reduced recuperation time.”
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“Hate crimes in Chicago, although they are almost a daily occurrence, continue not to be newsworthy,” according to Northwestern University journalism professor David Protess, reporting on media coverage from January 1 to November 16, 1993–unless, of course, the victims are white. “None of the newspaper accounts focused on Chicago cases with black victims, although African-Americans were the most common victims of hate crimes…. Although in-depth data on all hate crimes are continuously available to be reviewed at the [Chicago] Commission [on Human Relations], journalists instead tend to cover hate crimes reactively, as isolated incidents, and using traditional norms of newsworthiness.”
More fine distinctions. According to a review of the new book Hopping Freight Trains in America, “This book describes activities which are illegal. The publisher, the author, and Challenge Publications do not recommend that anyone engage in these activities.” Among the chapter titles listed on the back cover: “How, When and Where to Catch a Train.”
Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Carl Kock.
