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Views Preview: How The Media Covered Tom Schweich's Apparent Suicide

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What is the appropriate way for the news media to cover a suicide? Last week, when Missouri Auditor Tom Schweich died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, it was front-page news. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch released a voicemail Schweich left for Editorial Page Editor Tony Messenger moments before firing the shot. Was publishing a violation of Shweich’s privacy or in the best interest of the public? 

Kevin McDermott & Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Auditor Schweich head called seeking an interview just before his death

Tony Messenger, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Messenger: From voicemail to voicemail: The short political life of Tom Schweich

Virginia Young, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: “Political tensions that Schweich faced had mounted

John Hancock, Kansas City Star: “Auditor Tom Schweich’s apparent suicide continues to shake Missouri politics

Hillary Clinton’s private email

The New York Times is reporting former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a private email address for all of her communications during her service in the Obama administration.

Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times: “Hillary Clinton used personal email account at State Dept., possibly breaking rules

Eun Kyung Kim, The Today Show: “Ex-Obama aide Robert Gibbs on Hillary Clinton using personal email: ‘Highly unusual’

Adam Clark Estes, Gizmodo: “Hillary Clinton exclusively used personal email while Secretary of State

Stephen Braun, Associated Press: “Governor Mitt Romney used personal email like Secretary of State Clinton

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Additional allegations against Bill O'Reilly

There are new claims that Bill O'Reilly exaggerated details of stories he covered and things he is said to have witnessed while on assignment for CBS News and Inside Edition.

Rem Rieder, USA Today: “Rieder: Why Bill O’Reilly flap really matters

Dylan Byers, POLITCO: “O’Reilly faces fourth fabrication charge

Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “Bill O’Reilly cites conflicts that he witnessed. How much of that is true?

Aaron Sankin, The Daily Dot: “’50 Fox News lies in 6 seconds’ is the Daily Show’s gift to the Internet

Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “CPAC attendees: Bill O’Reilly a victim of liberals

Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “The massive lefty conspiracy against BillO’Reilly

Jackson Connor, Huffington Post: “Here’s every claim made against Bill O’Reilly so far

Dylan Byers, POLITICO: “Media Matters: ‘All hands on deck’ for BillO’Reilly

Hadas Gold, POLITICO: “CNN publishes O’Reilly tape

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Unmasking 'Jihadi John'

The masked man in each of the ISIS videos execution videos has been identified as Mohammed Emwazi. How did the Washington Post and BBC put the pieces together to name him?

Souad Mekhennet and Adam Goldman, Washington Post: “’JihadiJohn’: Islamic State killer is identified as Londoner Mohammed Emwazi

Raf Sanchez, The Telegraph: “How the Washington Post unmasked Jihadi John

Shreeya Sinha, New York Times: “Mohammed Emwazi, in his own words

Gary Brecher, Pando Daily: “The War Nerd: Why did Mohammed Emwazi become Jihadi John?

BBC: “’Jihadi John’: Mohammed Emwazi ‘felt like dead man walking’

'SNL' takes on ISIS

"Saturday Night Live" is known for its commercial parodies. Usually they're funny. But, this week, some people voiced concern over this one starring Dakota Johnson.

Anna Silman, Salon: “’SNL’offends viewers with controversial ISIS sketch

H.A. Goodman, Huffington Post: “’SNL’sskit did more to defeat ISIS than any bombing campaign. Satire destroys extremist ideology.

TMZ Staff, TMZ: “DatokaJohnson blasted for SNL ISIS skit

Chris Spargo, Daily Mail: “SNLhas Dakota Johnson join ISIS in parody of US Army commercial

FCC's net neutrality vote

The Federal Communication Commission voted in favor of net neutrality, granting Americans equal access to internet content, regardless of creator or service provider.

Haley Tsukayama, Washington Post: “President Obama to reddit: “Thanks for your help on net neutrality

Dana Liebelson, Huffington Post: “Net neutrality prevails in historic FCC vote

Harry A. Jessell, TVNewsCheck.com: “Broadcasters benefit from net neutrality

  #TheDress breaks internet traffic records

Step aside Kim Kardashian... A swatch of fabric really did break the Internet. Black and blue or white and gold, it mean a whole lot of green for BuzzFeed.

Steve Dent, Engadget: “Happy net neutrality day! Here are some llamas and a dress

Jim Romenekso, “BuzzFeed breaks the Internet with The Dress

Brian Morrissey, Digiday: “The dress is white and gold. Or, why BuzzFeed won

Dao Nguyen, BuzzFeed: “What it’s like to work on BuzzFeed’s tech team during record traffic

Adam Rogers, Wired: “The science of why no one agrees on the color of this dress

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