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Category Archives: Chapter 14
Stories of hope from the insurrection, Part 6
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged 2021 insurrection, Arnold Schwarzenegger, C-SPAN, news, newspapers, social media
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Front Pages: Stories from the insurrection, Part 5
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 5
Tagged 2021 insurrection, front pages, new york times, newspapers, NY Post, President Trump, tabloids, Washington Post, WSJ
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Newspaper Editorials: Stories from the insurrection, Part 4
The violent insurrection in Washington, D.C. Wednesday was both utterly predictable and unimaginable. My feelings about those events go well beyond the scope of this blog, so instead of laying out my feelings, I’m going to share a variety of … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged 2021 insurrection, headlines, news, opinion writing
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Twitter and the Death of a Basketball Legend
As everyone knows, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and several others, including one of his daughters, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. Without further comment, here’s a number of Tweets that have discussed the flow of news about this tragedy. Retweeting here … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 5
Tagged ethics, Kobe Bryant, reporting ethics, social media, twitter
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Return to “Is There Ever Grace For Being Stupid on Social Media?”
You may have seen the heartwarming story about Carson King, a young man who held up a sign at a recent University of Iowa / Iowa State University football game soliciting beer money. The sign, seen on ESPN’s GameDay, went … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14
Tagged beer guy, ethics, social media history, stupid on social media
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How Should Brands Remember 9/11 in Social Media?
The events of Sept. 11, 2001, have left scars on the United States, and indeed the entire world. And it is only natural to respond to those intense feelings every year on what is now observed as Patriot Day. The … Continue reading
Return to Bed Bugs, NYT & Thin-Skinned Columnists
When last we met, NY Times columnist Bret Stephens was being mocked on the Internet for complaining rather publicly about Dr. David Karpf, a relatively unknown associate professor of media and public affairs at George Washington University making a mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Bret Stephens, free speech, Godwin's Law, name calling, new york times, Streisand, twitter
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Media Twitter: On Bed Bugs, the NYT and thin-skinned columnists
Updated 8/28/19 It all started with a story on Slate Monday noting that several locations in the New York Times building were infested with bed bugs. This led to the following tweet from NY Times visual journalism director Stuart Thompson: “Breaking – there are … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Bret Stephens, free speech, name calling, new york times, Streisand, twitter
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Everything can be Explained by Hamilton: Politicians and Media, Then and Now
The thin-skinned president who made it illegal to criticize his office – John Adams, not Donald Trump — WaPo https://t.co/nH5W6HHN1E — RalphIsNow@rhanson40@threads.net (@ralphehanson) August 24, 2019 People who say we’ve never had politics before like we do today are just … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 13, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Aaron Burr, alien and sedition acts, Hamilton, John Adams
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Disney and other major studios getting cold feet about “Y’allywood”
The state of Georgia is a major location for filming big-budget movies with a government willing to hand out substantial tax credits to studios and a large movie production infrastructure (thanks in part to African American movie mogul Tyler Perry). … Continue reading