The rescue as a media event

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Many people around the globe have followed the rescue efforts in Chile online, on their radios, and on TV. Some have called this a real reality show but that can’t be the only reason for the universal appeal of this story. Brian Stelter is a reporter with the New York Times, and is one of the writers of that paper’s Media Decoder blog. Lisa Mullins talks with him.

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