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Election Day Eve
As I write this, it’s the night before the completion of one of the the most contentious presidential elections I can remember. Here are a few thoughts to take you through till we know the official results. Media election planners … Continue reading
Will “Everyone’s Gone to the Movies” be true again?
Back in May, I wrote a long post about the effects the COVID19 pandemic is having on the movie and movie theater industries. The short version? It’s a disaster. Theaters stayed closed for months and movie producers have had to … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8
Tagged Christopher Nolan, covid readings, covid19, movies, Tenet
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Fighting Against “Fake News” with the Truth Sandwich
This week my media literacy class is working on the concept of fake news. I’m having them take a look at the history of how both the concept and term have been used over the last several centuries. Aside from … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 15, Chapter 6
Tagged fake news, Jay Rosen, media ethics, social media, truth sandwich
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When Respected News Media Turn Zombie
Earlier this week I recorded a short video for my media literacy class explaining why this would be the last semester I’m teaching a unit on magazines. The industry, basically, is dying. It was a difficult decision to remove the … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 5
Tagged Clickbait, death of magazine industry, Newsweek, zombie magazines
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Remembering Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
It was with great sadness, though not much surprise, that I learned about the death of United States Supreme Court associate justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday evening. On Saturday morning, a group I belong to started putting together plans for … Continue reading
Memories from 9/11 – Musicals, Movies and Motorcycles
It was 19 years ago this morning that I was teaching my freshman media literacy course at West Virginia University. I had a class with close to 350 students in it.C-SPAN’s Washington Journal morning show was playing on the big screen as … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 8, Diabetes, Health Issues, Motorcycling
Tagged 9/11, motorcycles, movies
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Why it was OK for Bob Woodward to save his Trump virus story for the book
The Twittersphere was losing its stuff this afternoon, pig-piling on Bob Woodward for saving the material from his interview with President Trump about the COVID pandemic for his book RAGE instead of reporting it in the newspaper back in February. … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6
Tagged Bob Woodward, COVID-19, covid19, President Trump, Washington Post
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Twittering the Media World: ‘Liberal” media, student journalists and C-SPAN
This is why even the so called "actual liberal media" aren't really liberal. They are still run by conservative standards of worker treatment. https://t.co/8G4828XUxY — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 19, 2020 For all the talk of liberal bias, even the avowedly … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged C-SPAN, media bias?, media ownership, profanity, student journalists
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COVID19, Student Free Speech & Dress Codes
Free speech in public schools has been an issue for some time, with school administrators really not liking it when students publish things that embarrassing the school, district, administrators or faculty. Go back to the Hazelwood case or Bong Hits … Continue reading
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Motorcycling in the Time of COVID19: Riding with Bass Reeves and the Watchmen
This is one of a series of posts about going motorcycling during the COVID19 pandemic. Spoiler Alert – Discusses a few plot points from HBO series Watchmen. Have you watched the limited series Watchmen on HBO? Damon Lindelof (of LOST and The … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 2, Chapter 9, Motorcycling
Tagged 2020 motorcycle trips, Bass Reeves, HBO, motorcycle, race, Team Strange, Watchmen
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