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Category Archives: Chapter 14
Questions Worth Asking – Journalism Edition
How does local television news change when Sinclair Broadcast Group buys a station? As shared by Prof. Jay Rosen, a paper being published Gregory J. Martin and Joshua McCrain in American Political Science Review shows that “news coverage tilts more … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 3, Chapter 6, Chapter 9
Tagged Herbert Gans, media ownership, reporting ethics, Sinclair Broadcast Group, suicide prevention
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Readers Respond: Ought newspapers delay reporting names in fatal accidents for 24 hours?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote blog post discussing an editorial from a western Nebraska paper explaining why the staff had decided to delay publishing the names of people killed in accidents for 24 hours to try to make … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14
Tagged ethics, journalism ethics, News and Names
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Ought newspapers delay reporting names in fatal accidents for 24 hours?
The Scottsbluff, Nebraska Star-Herald announced a new policy in an editorial of delaying reporting the names in fatal accidents for 24 hours. The editors are concerned that extended family members, such as aunts, uncles and grandparents, might find out first … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14
Tagged ethics, journalism ethics, News and Names
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
Did the major television networks collaborate together on deciding to give live coverage to President Trump’s border wall speech? Kinda looks like it. They all gave coverage to 45’s speech, and they all declined to give coverage to President Obama’s … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6, Chapter 7, Chapter 9
Tagged Because I can, Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Questions worth asking
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How to Deal with Offensive Speech – SNL 2018 Edition
So, a week ago, Pete Davidson on Saturday Night Live mocked a political candidate. Nothing really new here, right? Except that this time he mocked Lt. Commander Dan Crenshaw, who just won a seat in congress from Texas. Crenshaw wears … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 9
Tagged free speech, politics, satire, Saturday Night Live, Weekend Update
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe) – Cable News Host Edition
What would Fox News do if one of their major hosts directly supported a political candidate? Fox News host Sean Hannity spoke as a “special guest” at Trump rally Monday night after having been there originally to conduct an interview … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged cable news, Fox News, MSNBC, news ethics, political news
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Should people’s heads be exploding over NY Times anonymous commentary from inside the Trump White House?
This week has not suffered from lack of news for people like me who are obsessed with the coverage of news coming out of Washington. First, there was all the fuss over Nike featuring NFL kneeling protester Colin Kaepernick being … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged anonymous sources, Hamilton, new york times, opinion writing, President Trump
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Nike, Colin Kaepernick, Politics & Social Media
There’s been an ongoing battle going on in social media for the year or so over the meaning of Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling during the national anthem to protest police violence against black men and the fact that he has not … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 11, Chapter 12, Chapter 14
Tagged advertising, Colin Kaepernick, marketing, Nike, public relations, social media
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Is There Ever Grace For Being Stupid on Social Media?
Last week, Disney fired director James Gunn from the Guardians of the Galaxy movie franchise over a number of offensive tweets he posted dating back to 2009. Though the tweets were not hidden, they were brought to people’s attention when … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 8
Tagged alt-right, James Gunn, Marvel, movies, offensive tweets, social media, stupid on social media
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What Can Journalists Do To Improve Public Trust in their Stories
NYU Professor Jay Rosen is a long-time critic of how journalists worship at the altar of old-school “objectivity,” something he argues convincingly that they have never been able to achieve. Instead of being truly neutral and unbiased observers, he says … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Jay Rosen, transperancy, View from nowhere
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