Should we have the right to be forgotten, to have years-old news stories removed from the internet if they hurt our chances of getting a job or obtaining a loan? The Boston Globe has started a new initiative designed help people covered in its pages get a fresh start.
Zoe Greenberg, Boston Globe: “Boston Globe launches ‘Fresh Start’ initiative: People can apply to have past coverage about them reviewed”
Elahe Izadi, Washington Post: “An old arrest can follow you forever online. Some newspapers want to fix that.”
Devin Coldewey, TechCrunch: “Boston Globe will consider people’s requests to have articles about them anonymized”
Josh Sternberg, The Media Nut: “Should media be in the reputation-rehabilitation business?”
Joshua Benton, Neiman Lab: "Is unpublishing old crime stories Orwellian or empathetic? The Boston Globe is offering past story subjects a 'fresh start'"
Deborah L. Dwyer, Reynolds Jouranlism Institute: "Taking a look at the Boston Globe's 'Fresh Start' program"
Maya Harris profile altered
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Why did the Washington Post alter its profile of Maya Harris?”
Eric Boehm, Reason: “The Washington Post tried to memory-hole Kamala Harris’ bad joke about inmates begging for food and water”
Brian Flood, Fox News: “Washington Post scrubbed unflattering Kamala Harris story from site, restored it after backlash”
Lia Eustachewich, New York Post: “Washington Post caught scrubbing Kamala Harris ‘prisoner’ story”
Biden administration & the news media
Katie Rogers & Annie Karni, New York Times: “Psaki tries to strike a new tone in the White House briefing room”
Alana Wise, NPR: “White House enlists ASL interpreters for daily press briefings”
Alexis Benveniste, CNN: “To save democracy, Joe Biden hopes to repair White House’s relationship with the media”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “The media can be glad for the Biden White House’s return to normalcy. But let’s not be lulled.”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Maybe Joe Biden can rescue Saturdays”
Larry King (1933-2021)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6dkFqdGL4
Tom Kludt, Brad Parks & Ray Sanchez, CNN: “Larry King, legendary talk show host, dies at 87”
Robert D. McFadden, New York Times: “Larry King, breezy interviewer of the famous and infamous, dies at 87”
Frank Pallotta, CNN: “Larry King was one of pop culture’s favorite newsmen”
Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times: “Appreciation: Larry King loved ‘dumb’ questions. With them, he helped write cultural history”
Bryan Pietsch, New York Times: “How newsmakers and news hosts are remembering Larry King”
Edward Helmore, The Guardian: “Larry King dies, Tom Brokaw retires – and the ‘heroic age’ to TV news slips further away”
Brokaw retires from NBC
J. Clara Chan, The Wrap: “Tom Brokaw to retire from NBC News after epic 55-year run”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Tom Brokaw retiring from NBC News after 55 years with the network”
Bernie Sanders’ Mittens
Brian Barrett, Wired: “He made a viral Bernie meme site. Now he has to keep it going”
Reed Dunlea, Rolling Stone: “The photographer behind the Bernie Sanders chair meme tells all”
