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Views of the News: Todd Akin; Party Platforms; Conventions Matter?; Zakaria Back; Media Credibility

Akin, Rape and Media Responsibility

Sharon Begley and Susan Heavey, Reuters: "Rape trauma as barrier to pregnancy has no scientific basis"

David Taintor, Talking Points Memo: "Todd Akin Interviewer: 'I Screwed Up' By Not Following Up"

Jeff Sonderman, Poynter: "3 lines journalists cannot cross on Twitter (or anywhere else)"

Richard Allen Greene, CNN: "Piers Morgan puts up empty chair after Akin cancels appearance"

Erik Wemple, Washington Post: "Huffington Post puts strong, provocative hanger on homepage"

Do Platforms Matter? (and More Convention-al Wisdom)

Jeff Greenfield, Yahoo! News: "Jumping ship: The part platforms no one stands on anymore"

Donald Wolfensberger, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars: "Party Platforms Are Not Just Meaningless Fluffery"

George E. Condon, Jr., National Journal: "Political Conventions: No More Dead Doves, but They Still Matter"

Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times: "Party conventions still matter as a political reality show"

Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal: "Political Perceptions: Eagerly Awaiting the Fall Debates"

Zakaria's Wrist Slap

Christine Haughney, The New York Times: "A Media Personality, Suffering a Blow to His Image, Ponders a Lesson"

Peter Osnos, The Atlantic: "Fareed Zakaria and the Perils of Modern-Day Punditry"

Jim Kelly, Vanity Fair: "The Lobster Shift: The Monster Behind Jonah Lehrer's and Fareed Zakaria's High-Profile Mistakes"

Steven Brill, Reuters: "Stories I'd Like to See: Fareed Zakaria's 'mistake'"

Media Credibility Drops Again

Pew Research Center for the People & the Press: "Further Decline in Credibility Ratings for Most News Organizations"

MIKE MCKEAN directs the Futures Lab, the experimental newsroom and technology testing center of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. He founded the School's Convergence Journalism program and serves on the MU Information Technology Committee. McKean is a leader in the School's partnerships with Apple, Inc., and Adobe Systems to transform journalism education through pervasive computing. He is a frequent trainer and guest lecturer at top media companies and universities in China, has helped establish convergence journalism programs at Shantou University and Moscow State University, and has conducted Internet workshops in the United States, the Russian Federation and Albania. McKean has been honored with the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching and the MU Faculty-Alumni Award. He earned a bachelor's degree at the Missouri School of Journalism in 1979 and a master of arts in political science from Rice University in 1985. McKean has served on the J-School faculty since 1986.