selective media coverage

baltimore ravens running back jamal lewis was released from prison this morning. he served 4 months for facilitating a 2000 drug deal before his pro career began, with 2 months in a atlanta halfway house yet to serve. but i found most interesting...

"Lewis was released at 6:11 a.m. EDT, said Dave Fagan, a spokesman at the prison in Pensacola, Fla. It was a quiet scene with no media present." [italics added]

locally, i would think this story is relatively larger than the martha stewart case, but it did not receive much media coverage. i have a feeling baltimore media outlets feared perhaps lesser media access if one of the team's marquee players received such scrutiny.