In analyzing media coverage of the California energy “crisis,” the one crucial tool you must have on hand is a flashlight. Not for use in case of a blackout, but for hitting yourself over the head to stay awake. As David Lazarus, who has been covering the story for the San Francisco Chronicle for the last year, put it, “It’s important, it affects everybody, and it’s deadly dull.” Continue reading WATT’S UP? BEHIND THE MEDIA’S COVERAGE OF THE ENERGY CRISIS. by Andrea Buffa. →