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”