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Revisiting the Duke Case 10 Years Later | socialroleofthemedia

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Revisiting the Duke Case 10 Years Later. March 25, 2016. A few weeks ago, a student asked me if I remembered what happened in the Duke University lacrosse rape case. He was an athlete himself and had heard of an upcoming ESPN documentary on that sad event. The problem was, none of it was true, especially not the rape. I’m not trying to piggyback on my project here, but one thing that did occur to me later was, wouldn’t this have been a perfect case for a watchdog to be watching the media....Well, it seem...

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A mentor’s new mission | socialroleofthemedia

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A mentor’s new mission. April 18, 2016. I had to chuckle this week when one of the assigned readings referenced Howard Schneider, formerly of Newsday and now at Stony Brook University here on Long Island. Howard was for a long time my boss at Newsday and the grand poobah of the newsroom. His dismissal from the paper sent shock waves across the community that still are felt today. Good for them too that they cherish verifiable information over the propaganda that filters through the Internet. If Stony...

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Humility and Defiance: The Legacy of Bob Woodward | socialroleofthemedia

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Humility and Defiance: The Legacy of Bob Woodward. April 11, 2016. I am old enough to remember Watergate as it unfolded. I remember the investigations, the Congressional hearings and, most of all, the landmark work done by the Washington Post and, in particular reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward. As the great Jason Robards said in “All the President’s Men”: “There’s nothing riding on this story … Just the First Amendment to the Constitution, freedom of the press...Predictably, the Nixon White accu...

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The Uber Assumption in Kalamazoo | socialroleofthemedia

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The Uber Assumption in Kalamazoo. February 23, 2016. Another day, another mass shooting in America. It’s getting to the point that these events don’t surprise anymore. But one thing about the Kalamazoo shootings did stop me in my tracks, and that was the media’s immediate and almost reflexive identification of the shooter as an Uber driver. Did it bother you? We have read in both. The New York Post. Girl ‘brain-dead’ after Uber shooting gives thumbs-up before organs harvested. There is some Skull and Bon...

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March | 2016 | socialroleofthemedia

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Monthly Archives: March 2016. Revisiting the Duke Case 10 Years Later. March 25, 2016. A few weeks ago, a student asked me if I remembered what happened in the Duke University lacrosse rape case. He was an athlete himself and had heard of an upcoming ESPN documentary on that sad event. The problem was, none of it was true, especially not the rape. I’m not trying to piggyback on my project here, but one thing that did occur to me later was, wouldn’t this have been a perfect case for a watchdog...Well, it ...

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April | 2016 | socialroleofthemedia

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Monthly Archives: April 2016. 8220;Have you read by blog today? April 25, 2016. 8220;300 million little USAs”. After only Springsteen and U2, Five for Fighting is among my favorite bands. Yet, I have no idea if John Ondrasik had been reading Rosenstiel and Kovach when he added those lines to his song “Slice” a decade ago. Ondrasik’s ironic commentary on the consequences of the social media phenomenon seemed perfectly in “tune” with the thinking put forth by the authors in. I do wonder about a culture lac...

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“Have you read by blog today?” | socialroleofthemedia

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8220;Have you read by blog today? April 25, 2016. 8220;300 million little USAs”. After only Springsteen and U2, Five for Fighting is among my favorite bands. Yet, I have no idea if John Ondrasik had been reading Rosenstiel and Kovach when he added those lines to his song “Slice” a decade ago. Ondrasik’s ironic commentary on the consequences of the social media phenomenon seemed perfectly in “tune” with the thinking put forth by the authors in. I do wonder about a culture lacking in unifying realities, in...

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January | 2016 | socialroleofthemedia

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Monthly Archives: January 2016. Week 2 musings and some election melodrama. January 29, 2016. We read and chatted plenty this week about a journalist’s responsibility to society. It struck me as ironic that the very week we do this, there emerges yet another election drama centered on the role of the journalist. Let’s forget for a moment a few things about Trump: 1) that does he not. The voters of Iowa an appearance? 2) that can he be expected to stand up to Putin when he’s running from a reporter? At wh...

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I read the news today. Oh, boy! February 28, 2016. Kudos to anyone old enough to recall the Beatles reference. Even after 25 years this industry vexes me sometimes. Like the other day when I am sitting down with a cup of tea scanning cable channels for reaction to the latest primaries. On one hand, MSNBC’s far-left lineup included “political analyst” David Axelrod. On the other, Fox’s uber-right featured one Monica Crowley. Crowley’s credentials are a bit less obvious. A longtime contributor to...Axelrod...

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On Trump, the Times and off-the-record conversations | socialroleofthemedia

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On Trump, the Times and off-the-record conversations. March 7, 2016. It seems to me The New York Times did the impossible this week: It made Donald Trump appear sympathetic. In a meeting with members of the Times’ editorial board and a representative from the news desk, the Donald offered his vision of a Trump presidency. That vision appeared strikingly more reasonable on the subject of illegal immigration than we citizens had been led to believe. Indeed, the role of the journalist in a presidential camp...