Nick Kotz, in The Washington Monthly
(Mar. 1977). 1028 Connecticut Ave. N.W.,
More than 1,200 newspaper reporters are accredited to cover the ac- tivities of Congress and the federal government in Washington, but only a small fraction of them work for newspapers that are read regularly in Washington or New York. To a remarkable degree, says Kotz, a prize- winning former Washington reporter, the New York Times and the Washington Post dominate the treatment of news. They shape the agenda, not only...