A respected publication’s coverage legitimizes scandal into public issue

Evidence

The entrance of the Times also gave the Title I exposés a new respectability, the cachet conferred by the newspaper’s reputation for accuracy. Political officials suddenly became willing to comment. Stanley Isaacs and a young, movie-star-handsome congressman named John V. Lindsay had been assailing Moses’ practices for months, but now politicians joined the parade in force—and each comment made a new article, kept the story rolling, kept momentum building. — Robert A. Caro, The Power Broker, 4268

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: News coverage devoted to a problem increases public belief in its importance — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1472; Television news shapes which public problems viewers take seriously; Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics: the…, 219 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• News coverage devoted to a problem increases public belief in its importance #corroborates (0.90) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1472
• Public perception of deviance is driven by media narratives. #corroborates (0.85) — Cohen, Stanley, Folk devils and moral panics, 219
• Media agenda can determine which problems the public deems important. #expands (0.85) — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 1446
• Television news shapes which public problems viewers take seriously #corroborates (0.80)