Outrage: To Love “A Good Hate”
In these circumstances, outrage sells even better, and it seems to be a race to the bottom in terms of stoking public anger.
Tagged: Journalism
OT Contributor Podcast: Heard Tell w/Journalist Molly McCluskey on Gabby Petito & News Media Coverage
Latest Heard Tell podcast talks with journalist Molly McCluskey about what the Gabby Petito coverage tells us about the current state of journalism and news media, plus Molly’s own story of trying to bring a missing persons story to media outlets.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
I don’t care if you’re conservative, liberal, or otherwise, a media blackout on critically important news is concerning. Deeply concerning.
My First Murder Investigation
I stared at my notes as the last couple hours swirled around in my head. This seemed too insane to actually be true.
The Bitter Scribes
What becomes of the newspaper man? The journalists of tomorrow will be bitter, poor, or trust fund babies, and if you think they hate capitalism today, just wait.
The Journalists Have Been Hacked
Journalism’s current standards for determining what is publishable are brittle and subject to manipulation by malicious actors.
The Story After the Story Tells the Story
The follow-up stories to the headline grabbing viral ones never receive as much attention. This one, where Der Spiegel’s Christoph Scheuermann went to the town at the center of the Claas Relotius scandal, should.
Real Fake News
Der Spiegel is a popular German news magazine, and is world-renowned for their in-depth investigative reporting. But now they are answering investigative questions themselves, as prominent journalist Claas Relotius has been found to be a fraud.
The Myth of the Press’s Anti-Trump October Surprise
Those who claim the press have been conspiring to sit on stories about Donald Trump haven’t been paying attention to the press.
Journalism vs. Trumpism: On Playing the Gentleman’s Game
This week, the Washington Post’s Charles Lane insisted that the media has done its job this election. He’s wrong.
Is Undercover Reporting Inherently Unethical?
Paging Elizabeth Picciuto! Paging Elizabeth Picciuto! We have an ethics emergency!
This Just IN: Pravda on the Wabash
The Governor of Indiana is about to launch a state-run news service that will compete with agencies such as the Associated Press even as it controls access to public information. It is an idea that is terrible for a number of reasons, the primary one being this:
It might well work.
A Vast Silence
The New York Times ran a story that took Burt Likko’s breath away in outrage when he read it last night. But apparently, he’s pretty much the only one.
Vox Fails at Explaining the Drone Arsenal Race
A Vox story on America’s drone arsenal has some more explaining to do.
Objectivity is Not the Opposite of Standing for Something
Why I think Elias’s latest is off the mark.
What’s the Difference Between Richard Cohen and John Derbyshire?
Tod Kelly argues that there’s only one real difference: NRO was willing to part ways with Derbyshire for his embarrassingly offensive racism, while the Washington Post seems to be OK with Cohen’s.
Driving Blind: Detain and Hold
In the UK, government officials threaten legal action against a newspaper for reporting on state secrets. In the U.S., the executive editor of The New York Times does a Q&A on, among other things, why she’s not actually a mean person.
