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Views Preview: Viral Standoff Leads To Quick Judgment

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Viral videos often make news, but what happens when they don’t tell the whole story? What can we learn from what happened on the National Mall this weekend between a high school student and Native American elder?

Michael E. Miller, Washington Post: “Viral standoff between a tribal elder and a high schooler is more complicated than it first seemed

Sarah Mervosh, New York Times: “Viral video shows boys in ‘Make America Great Again’ hats surrounding native elder

Donie O’Sullivan, CNN: “Twitter suspends account that helped ignite controversy over viral encounter

Michael Grothuas, Fast Company: “Twitter suspends the account that made the MAGA students vs. Native-American elder confrontation go viral

Joshua Gill, The Daily Caller: “Catholic leaders publicly condemned school boys at March for Life, but remain silent after videos proved their innocence

Elizabeth Dias, New York Times: “After viral video, families of Covington are swiftly circling to protect their boys

Julie Irwin Zimmerman, The Atlantic: “I failed the Covington Catholic test

Catholic Conference of Kentucky: “Statement on the actions of Covington Catholic High School students

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic: “Stop trusting viral videos

BuzzFeed stands behind Mueller report

Jason Leopold & Anthony Cormier, BuzzFeed: “President Trump directed his attorney Michael Cohen to lie to Congress about the Moscow Tower project

Morning Edition, NPR: “BuzzFeed News reporter details story about Trump, Michael Cohen and lying to Congress

Mark Mazzetti & Sharon LaFraniere, New York Times: “Mueller statement disputes report that Trump directed Cohen to lie

Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky & Karoun Demirjian, Washington Post: “In a rare move, Mueller’s office denies BuzzFeed report that Trump told Cohen to lie about Moscow project

Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “BuzzFeed’s stumble is highest-profile misstep at a time when press is under greatest scrutiny

Matt Zapotosky & Devlin Barrett, Washington Post: “Inside the Mueller team’s decision to dispute BuzzFeed’s explosive story on Trump and Cohen

Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “BuzzFeed faces new scrutiny after Mueller denies dramatic report

Brian Stelter, CNN: “BuzzFeed says it still remains confident in its story, one day after Mueller disputed it

Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Reporter with checkered past comes back with Trump Tower Moscow bombshells for BuzzFeed

Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “BuzzFeed and ‘if true’: The day when no one knew anything

Amy Russo, HuffPost: “’Everybody’s BS alarm should’ve been blinking red’ on BuzzFeed scoop: Michael Smerconish

Racial slurs on local news

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=6WqCTW8-eIY

Erin Heffernan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “St. Louis newscaster apologizes for inserting slur into Martin Luther King Jr.’s name on air

Karen Zraick, New York Times: “News anchor apologizes for using a racial slur for Martin Luther King Jr.’s surname

Mary Chao & Meaghan M. McDermott, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle: “Jeremy Kappell fired over Marting Luther King Jr. slur: Does intent really matter?

Justin Murphy, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle: “Jeremy Kappell fired: Slur meteorologist said has long history

Scott Jones, FTVLive: “Not again

Effort to #MuteRKelly

Ben Sisaro, New York Times: “R. Kelly dropped by RCA Records after documentary furor

Elizabeth A. Harris, New York Times: “R. Kelly’s manager surrenders on threat charge

Maya Salam, New York Times: “R. Kelly: Why so many ignored the warning signs

Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune: “Cook County prosecutors flooded with calls about R. Kelly, but charges could be struggle, experts say

Daryl Nelson, Atlanta Black Star: “R. Kelly reportedly went to hospital for panic attacks due to backlash from ‘Surviving R. Kelly

Kimberly Truong, The Cut: “Everything that’s happened since Surviving R. Kelly came out

Kabrea James, The Register-Herald: “Locals react to ‘Surviving R. Kelly’

Alex Young, Consequence of Sound: “Police received a tip that Kelly was holding two women against their will

Sara Boboltz, HuffPost: “Chicago radio station refuses to play R. Kelly after release of new documentary

Elizabeth A. Harris & Ben Sisario, New York Times: “Why it could be hard to #MuteRKelly

Nia Devaille & Rachel Hatzipanagos, Washington Post: “What ‘Surviving R. Kelly’ tells us about race and sexual abuse

Anastasia Tsioulcas & Colin Dwyer, NPR: “The allegations against R. Kelly: An abridged history

Too much with true crime?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu4GgQ1LWiI

Rebecca Keegan, Hollywood Reporter: “Inside a ‘Making a Murderer’ lawsuit and the hidden dangers of TV’s true-crime craze

The 10-Year Challenge

Jacey Fortin, New York Times: “Are ’10-Year-Challenge photos a boon to Facebook’s facial recognition technology?

Kate O’Neill, Wired: “Facebook’s ’10-year challenge’ is just a harmless meme – right?

Rebecca Jennings, Vox: “Why you’re seen the 10-year challenge everywhere

AMY SIMONS teaches news literacy, multimedia journalism and advanced social media strategies.