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Entries Tagged as 'Journalism'
ACORN Study co-author Dreier on Rachel Maddow Show, 9-24-2009
September 25th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: ACORN · Cable Television · Journalism · Journalism Ethics · Television News
Manipulating the Public Agenda: Why ACORN Was in the News, and What the News Got Wrong
September 23rd, 2009 · No Comments
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A study by Christopher R. Martin, Ph.D. and Peter Dreier, Ph.D. Using the controversy over ACORN as a case study, this report illustrates the way the media help set the agenda for public debate, and frame the way that debate is shaped. It describes how “opinion entrepreneurs” (primarily business and conservative groups [...]
Tags: ACORN · Cable Television · Elections · Internet · Journalism · Journalism Ethics · Labor News · Media Economics · Public Relations · Television News
Mourning in America
June 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Tim Russert, the host of NBC’s Meet the Press for 17 years who died suddenly on June 13, seemed like a thoroughly decent guy to me. In the following days, Washington journalists, politicians, and his viewing public lauded him as a fine political analyst, a straight shooter, and a great family man. In fact, we [...]
Tags: Internet · Journalism · Journalism Ethics · Television News
Iowa’s News Heroes
June 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Iowa journalists deserve a lot of credit and time to catch their breath. They have been covering, almost nonstop, the tragic weather we’ve been having since the monster F5 tornado swept through Parkersburg, New Hartford, and Dunkerton on May 25. Then came the floods. This has been a bad several weeks for sleep if you [...]
Tags: Environment · Journalism · Journalism Ethics · Television News