mediacrit.com

a blog of news and journalism criticism

mediacrit.com header image 4

Entries Tagged as 'Journalism'

ACORN Study co-author Dreier on Rachel Maddow Show, 9-24-2009

September 25th, 2009 · No Comments

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

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 [...]

[Read more →]

Tags: Environment · Journalism · Journalism Ethics · Television News