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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pack journalism is an often derogatory term used to describe the tendency of
news reporting to become homogeneous. The term was coined by Timothy Crouse.[1]
Pack journalism occurs because the reporters often rely on one another for news
tips or are all similarly dependent on a single source for access (which is
often the very person they are covering). A type of groupthink occurs, as the
journalists are constantly aware of what the others are reporting and an
informal consensus emerges on what is newsworthy.
The term can also be applied in kind to entire news organizations. For example,
pack journalism can occur when a news organization decides to make a particular
story the lead story only because other news organizations are doing so.
The media coverage of the 1972 presidential election campaigns is the most
famous example. The coverage of the campaigns was deplored in depth by both
Timothy Crouse in his 1973 book The Boys on the Bus, and by Hunter S. Thompson
in Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72.