The RP’s Weekly Web Gems: The Politics of the Media

Reporters in their young twenties are cheap labor, and they’re taking over presidential election coverage. [NY Times]

Here’s what reporters should be asking politicians about religion… and what’s just taking up space in the news cycle. [Time]

Sunday was the fourth anniversary of the death of Steve Irwin, also known as The Crocodile Hunter. [The Examiner]

The Church of Scientology fights back against the New Yorker for a supposedly damaging feature the magazine ran on the group… by handing out a fake New Yorker? [NY Magazine]

One organization that isn’t doubting the power of print media: The Onion. Keep on investing, folks! [The Onion]