Columnist and journalism prof sounds off

Joe Atkins, an Ole Miss journalism professor who writes a weekly column in the Jackson Clarion-Ledger and Hattiesburg American, writes about race, the role of newspapers in a television society and the "refugee" issue. Atkins writes: "The U.S. media told a fractured story. Fox News focused on looting. CNN seemed to be recapturing some of the ground it had lost since the first Persian Gulf War. Newspaper reporters skipped the on-camera dramatics to get the details and context lost on TV."