More than 100 people have contracted measles, most exposed after visits to Disneyland. The resurgence of the illness has given new life to the debate over whether parents should vaccinate their children. This week, that debate became political. While most government leaders are urging people to inoculate their children, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), himself a medical doctor, told CNBC he's known of cases in which vaccines have caused "profound medical disorders."
Alexandra Jaffe, CNN: “Paul: Vaccines can cause ‘profound medical disorders’"
Jill Colvin, Associated Press: “Christie: Parents deserve measure of choice on vaccines”
Fox News: “Vaccination debate spills over into 2016 White House race”
Andrew Kirell, Mediaite: “Don Lemon tweets wrong shirtless vaccine photo, mockery ensues”
Sean Long, News Busters: "Networks nourished anti-vaccine hysteria with 171 stories debunked on Austism link"
Ashley Reynolds, KOMU: "Combating Autism from within" (2008)
Missouri School of Journalism: "Missouri School of Journalism senior makes worldwide impact with 14-part series on autism on KOMU"
Obama to Dems: Don't read Huffington Post
President Obama told House Democrats that if they wanted to be informed on trade issues, not to read the Huffington Post.
Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “Obama to House Dems: Don’t read Huffington Post”
Rahel Gebreyes, Huffington Post: “What’s the reason behind Obama’s criticism of The Huffington Post?”
Newsweek's controversial Silicon Valley sexism cover
What's the purpose of a magazine cover if not to entice people to buy it -- and to talk about the issues inside. That's what the designer of this Newsweek cover says he was trying do, creating this illustration to accompany Nina Burleigh's story on sexism in Silicon Valley.
Nina Burleigh, Newsweek: “What Silicon Valley thinks of women”
Katherine Zaleski, Huffington Post: “The artist behind the ‘sexist’ Newsweek cover speaks: ‘I wanted to depict the harassment that women suffer’”
Alexia Tsotsis, TechCrunch: “What (some) Silicon Valley women think of Newsweek”
Carmel DeAmicis, Gigom: “Newsweek designer defends his controversial tech sexism cover”
Tom Kludt, CNN Money: “The Bible proves to be a big seller for Newsweek”
Meet 'Michelle': The typical viewer
WSPA-TV, the CBS affiliate in Spartanville, S.C., wants its staffers to really be able to imagine its typical viewer... so much so that it now has a cardboard cutout to help them visualize her. Meet Michelle. She's 24-54 years old, has children and worries about her safety. She's budget conscious and wants to know about product recalls that might affect her family.
Jim Romenesko: “TV newsroom uses ‘Michelle’ cardboard cutout to portray its target viewer”
Jim Romenesko: “South Carolina station isn’t the first to use a fictional white mom as the target viewer”
Jim Romenesko: “Male consultant says the typical local TV news viewer is a self-centered, terrified woman”
Corey Hutchins, Columbia Journalism Review: “What a cardboard cutout says about local news priorities”
Peter Greste released from Egyptian prison
Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste is back home in Australia. He spent more than 400 days in an Egyptian prison, convicted of spreading lies to help a terrorist organization -- a reference to the now-outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. Two of his colleagues remain in captivity.
Al Jazeera English: “Al Jazeera’s Greste urges Egypt to free colleagues”
BBC, “Peter Greste: "Al Jazeera journalist freed by Egypt”
Mark Colvin, The Guardian: “In the end, Peter Greste became an irritant for the Egyptian government”
David Kirkpatrick, New York Times: “Egypt deports Peter Greste, journalist jailed with 2 Al Jazeera colleagues”
The best and the worst of the Super Bowl ads
This year's Super Bowl ads may not have been as funny as in recent years, but they still had people talking.
Abid Rahman, The Hollywood Reporter: “Super Bowl: Nationwide explains dead kid ad”
Margaret Hartmann, New York Magazine: “Nationwide bought dead-kid ad for ‘Conversation’”
Shaunna Murphy, MTV News: “Nationwide is sorry not sorry about that dead kid Super Bowl ad”
Scott Jones, FTVLive: “Twin Cities anchors trespass for Super Bowl ad”
Martin Beck, MarketingLand: “Super Bowl commercials with hashtags slipped to 50% in 2015”
Out with "JustIN"
Indiana Gov. Mike Pence has pulled the plug on plans for a state-run news website.
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Indiana Gov. Mike Pence pulls plug on state-run news service”
Tom LoBianco, Indianapolis Star: “Pence state-run news outlet will compete with media”
Jim Romenesko: “Former Indianapolis Star reporter to oversee governor’s new state-run news service”
Tom LoBianco, Indianapolis Star: "Gov. Pence ditches state-run news site plan after uproar”
Andrew Downs, Indianapolis Star: “Pence team failed to control the message”
Matt Tully, Indianapolis Star: “Tully: Mike Pence’s horrible idea”
Tom LoBianco, Indianapolis Star: "Gov. Pence clarifying state-run news plan"
Michael Calderone, Huffington Post: "Indiana Gov. Mike Pence seeks to reassure critics of controversial 'state-run news outlet'"
'Breaking Greenville' premieres
In October we told you about a new truTV reality show about two competing television stations in Greenville, Mississippi. It made its debut last week. Worth watching? We'll give you our review.
Scott Jones, FTV Live: “Breaking the news in Greenville”
Jim Romenesko: "Mississippi tv newsrooms start in reality series”
Jacob Threadgill, The Clarion-Ledger: “’Breaking Greenville’ goes behind the news onTruTV”
Mike Krumboltz, YahooTV!: “TruTV’sdocu-comedy ‘Breaking Greenville’ is giving off some serious ‘Waiting for Guffman’ vibes”
Aneya Fernando, TYSpy: “WABGand WXVT to appear in reality show ‘Breaking Greenville’”
