[MSN] "A critical look at U.S. media coverage of antiquities issues" by Roger Atwood

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"Anyone who reads a newspaper knows that major American museums are  
facing unprecedented scrutiny in the press over their antiquities  
collections. Investigative-reporting teams more accustomed to  
covering government graft or corporate malfeasance have been probing  
museum acquisitions and finding dubious practices at some of the  
country's most prestigious cultural institutions."

Author and journalist Roger Atwood compares "coverage by three major  
newspapers—The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe and The New York  
Times—of antiquities issues as they relate to museums in the  
newspapers' respective cities. Other news organizations, including  
National Public Radio and Bloomberg News, have also covered  
antiquities issues but these three metropolitan dailies have  
dedicated the most resources and set the pace within journalism."

Read the full feature story on SAFE website: http:// 
www.savingantiquities.org/feature_media.php