At M.I.T., a bout of scarlet fever in November 1929 merited coverage, as did his "kidnapping" in a hazing incident.
It seemed that the only way to survive was to offer analysis and opinion, or to focus on events in a narrow field, too obscure to merit coverage by telegraphic news services.
Representative Faye Hanohano's intemperate outbursts merited coverage, certainly.
I have both observed and have had confirmed by e-mail that for the media, with a few exceptions, the conference and march were "non-events" that did not merit coverage by the New York Times although they were given mention in the Washington Post and CNN, especially because of the participation of a high-profile celebrity, the actor Matt Damon.
That merits serious coverage of the industry's day-to-day activities as well as the serious analysis of strengths, weaknesses and failings.
Sexual harassment is a serious issue, and it merits serious coverage, but it's hard to believe that the suits at Fox were motivated by genuine concern, given their own corporate culture.
And even most of what good-looking politicians do is too boring to merit splashy coverage, he said.
But Jeremy Beadle, whose death at 59 has merited that coverage in today's Sun and Mirror, was a figure of surprisingly wide appeal.
It is violent crime.A new fearTucked inside page two of the main Johannesburg newspaper is a daily round-up of violence in the city, tales too common to merit much coverage.
But while she felt Mombasa merited news coverage ("It was news," she said), she chose not to automatically carry the bag herself, sticking instead with a Gucci favorite or one by Carlos Falchi.
News editors at BBC TV and ITV thought the Guardian's revelation on Thursday of Boris Johnson's statement about Saudi Arabia fighting a proxy war merited big coverage on their bulletins.
