It was the first Academy Awards of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements. How did Hollywood respond and what does this year’s best picture, The Shape of Water tell us about representation of disability in the arts?It was the first Academy Awards of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements. How did Hollywood respond and what does this year’s best picture, The Shape of Water tell us about representation of disability in the arts?
Kristopher Tapley, Variety: “Jennifer Lawrence and Jodie Foster to present Best Actress Oscar, replacing Casey Affleck”
Pete Vernon, Columbia Journalism Review: “Oscars coverage in the #MeToo era”
Cara Buckley, New York Times: “What to expect (and not expect) at the Oscars”
Daniel Victor, New York Times: “On the red carpet, Ryan Seacrest could face as many questions as he asks”
Elyse Wanshel, Huffington Post: “How ‘The Shape of Water’ makes people with disabilities feel less human’”
Sara Novic, CNN: “When it comes to depicting disability, Hollywood keeps ‘cripping up’”
Princess Weekes, The Mary Sue: “The Shape of Water & a silent voice: A different way of exploring romance and disability”
Joel Rubinoff, The Record: “’Outrage fatigue’ at the Oscars? (It’s not over yet)”
Cynthia Littleton & Joe Otterson, Variety: “TV Ratings: Oscars hit new viewership low with 26.5 million”
Jackie Strause, Hollywood Reporter: “How E! handled Seacrest on the red carpet”
Brian Lowry, CNN: “Five changes that would improve Oscar ratings”
Lisa France & Jill Disis, CNN: “What’s an inclusion rider? Here’s what Frances McDormand meant”
Special Counsel: Conway violated Hatch Act
Walter Shaub, Washington Post: “KellyanneConway violated the Hatch Act. Will She be charged?”
MJ Lee, CNN: “Office of Special Counsel: Conway violated Hatch Act”
Alex Pappas, Fox News: “KellyanneConway violated Hatch Act on two occasions, federal agency determines”
Reuters, “White House aide Conway violated Hatch Act: Office of Special Counsel”
Melissa Quinn, Washigton Examiner: “Kellyanne Conway committed two Hatch Act violations: Watchdog”
Sam Nunberg's media tour
Josh Dawsey & Philip Rucker, Washington Post: “Former Trump aide Nunberg may cooperate with Meuller probe, earlier said he would defy subpoena”
Rebecca Shapiro, Huffington Post: “CNN’s Erin Burnett to Sam Nunberg: I smell alcohol on your breath”
Scott Jones, FTV Live: “Drunk dialing cable news channels”
Mike Allen & Jim VandeHei, Axios: “Awful scandal porn: Nunberg gone wild”
Hadas Gold, CNN: “Sam Nunberg’s epic, jaw-dropping, media circus”
Maggie Haberman & Adam Goldman, New York Times: “Ex-Trump aide Sam Nunberg says he will refuse grand jury order. Unless he doesn’t.”
Aaron Blake, Washington Post: “What on earth was Sam Nunberg doing? A few theories.”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Sam Nunberg goes dark on Tuesday after his spectacular media meltdown"
Reporting or trespassing?
Betsy Bailey, Searcy School District: “SearcySchool District statement”
Tyler Thomason, KARK-TV: “Searcy newspaper responds to claims of its reporters trespassing at schools”
KNWA-TV: “SearcySchools call police on reporters investigating school security”
The Daily Citizen: “Statement from the editor”
NBC to run fewer ads
Jill Disis, CNN: “Why you’ll see fewer ads on NBC this fall”
Brian Steinberg, Variety: “NBC Universal vows to cut primetime ads by 29% across all tv networks”
Jeanine Poggi, AdAge: “NBCUniversalpromises to slash tv commercials by 20 percent”
Erica Sweeney, MarketingDive: “NBC will use AI to match advertisers with programming”
Edit tests: A written job interview
Zoë Beery, Columbia Journalism Review: “Edit tests are out of control, say journalists in search of jobs”
Sniffing out satire
The Babylon Bee: “CNN purchases industrial-sized washing machine to spin news before publication”
Snopes.com: “Did CNN purchase an industrial-sized washing machine to spin news?”
Paula Bolyard, PJ Media: “Facebook threatens satire site Babylon Bee over CNN story that Snopes rated ‘false’”
