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1、JournalofCommunication,March2001DarkAlliance:NewsRepairandInstitutionalAuthorityintheAgeoftheInternetByMaryE.McCoyInAugust1996,aregionalnewspaper,theSanJose(CA)MercuryNewsunveiledtheresultsofitsyear-longinvestigationintolinksbetweenthespreadofcrackco-c
2、aineintheU.S.andfundraisingfortheCIA-backedcontrarebelsinCentralAmerica.“DarkAlliance:TheStoryBehindtheCrackExplosion”wasthefirstin-vestigativereporttoachievenationalprominenceprimarilyviaInternetdissemi-nation.Investigationsbythreeofthecountry’slarges
3、tdailies,ratherthanadvanc-ingtheMercury’sclaims,turnedintoasustainedanddamagingcritique.Com-mentatorshavecharacterizedthissharpscrutinyofarespectedregionalpaperaseverythingfromadefenseofjournalisticstandardstodamagecontrolfortheCIA.Nearlyall,however,ha
4、veignoredthelargercritiqueoftheInternetasamediumofnewsdistributionthatemergedinthefollow-upcoverage.Thisstudyexaminesthecontroversyasacaseofnewsrepair,asdefinedbyBennett,Gressett,andHaltom(1985),notingwhatthecaserevealsabouttheoperationofnewsrepairitse
5、lfinaneraofInternet-basednewsdelivery.Therepairof“DarkAlliance”affirmedapara-digmaticunderstandingofwhatisandisnotnews.Morebroadly,itdefendedtheauthorityofestablishedbroadsheetsoverthenewmediaandaffirmedthetradi-tionalhierarchyofnationaloverregionalnew
6、spapers.ThispaperarguesthattheInternet’sroleinthepublicationofthiscontroversialexposécreatedbothneedandopportunityforrepairofinstitutionalboundaries—thoseviolatedbytheMercury’suseofthenewmediumandamoregeneralerosionintheongoingmigrationofnewstotheInter
7、net.Althoughtherehasalwaysbeenacertaintensionbetweentheelectronicandprintmedia,asearlyas1983,IthieldeSolaPoolforesawthatthegrowthof“digitalMaryE.McCoyisadoctoralstudentatNorthwesternUniversity,wheresheisfinishingherdissertationontheroleofthemediaindemo
8、cratictransitions.AversionofthisarticlewaspresentedattheInternationalCommunicationAssociationannualconferenceinJerusalemin1998.TheauthorthanksJamesEttema,JamesSchwoch,SusanHerbst,JackDoppelt,andtwoanonymousreviewersfortheirvaluablesugge