When the Media Makes Context Harder

On a striking journalistic gap in this weekend's Iranian coverage

Usually, Monday is a time to talk about entertainment media.

But today, I come to rap knuckles about the wrong kind of entertainment.

This weekend, there was a major news cycle played up in sensational ways, right until the moment when the crisis subsided—although, even then, some outlets still seem desperate to keep the excitement going for as long as po…