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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
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
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
Reporting Offensive Language from the White House – Part II
A couple of weeks ago President Trump generated a lot of news by making some highly offensive remarks about the country of Haiti, the continent of Africa, and presumably about a couple of countries in central America. The story resulted … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Dick Cheney, Donald Trump, ethics, George W. Bush, news, offensive language, profanity, s---hole, turd blossom
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Reporting Offensive Language from the White House – Part I
As you can’t help but have noticed, on Thursday President Trump made some highly offensive remarks about the country of Haiti, the continent of Africa, and presumably about a couple of countries in central America. He was quoted in the Washington … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Donald Trump, ethics, news, offensive language, profanity, s---hole
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How MSNBC/NBC is Covering the Matt Lauer Abuse/Firing Story
Yesterday, I posted an inventory of about 15 major journalism and media figures who have been accused of sexual harassment or abuse over the last year or two. I’ve spoken with a number of people about this list, and where … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged corporate conflict of interest, ethics, matt lauer, MSNBC, NBC News, sexual harassment
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What’s the story behind the possible end of Snopes? Yes, it’s a true story. Sadly, it’s a typical new media battle over who will control a web site. Truly hope this ends well. How do reporters (or anyone else) authenticate … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 10, Chapter 14, Chapter 6
Tagged Because I can, Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk, e-mail, ethics, fake news, high school journalism, movies, Questions worth asking, Snopes, streaming
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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)
What word will the Washington Post use in a story but not in a headline? When Rosie O’Donnell called presidential candidate Donald Trump an “orange anus,” the Washington Post used the word in the story, but called it a “body … Continue reading
Posted in Chapter 4, Chapter 6
Tagged ethics, media bias?, Oxford English Dictionary, quotes, vulgar language
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