At a time when attention is a form of currency, is the news media giving U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga) too much? Also, Saturday Night Live’s first new episode since the start of the Biden administration, how the news media explained the GameStop gambit, and preparing for Super Bowl LV. From the Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.
Reliable Sources, CNN: “Right and wrong way to cover Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene”
Rebecca Shabad, NBC News: “House Democrats file resolution to strip Majorie Taylor Greene of committee assignments”
Michael Kranish, Reis Thebault & Stephanie McCrummen, Washington Post: “How Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, promoter of QAnon’s baseless theories, rose with support from key Republicans”
Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune: “Column: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is dangerously kooky. Apparently, that’s just what we voters want.”
Editorial Board, New York Times: “If Marjorie Taylor Greene isn’t beyond the pale, who is?”
SNL Asks ‘What Still Works?’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LqK8GiIMYw
Frank Pallotta, CNN: “’SNL’ takes on Marjorie Taylor Greene, GameStop and Tom Brady”
Bethonie Butler, Washington Post: “SNL skewers Marjorie Taylor Greene, the vaccine rollout and GameStop, reminding us that things are still very bad”
Henry McKenna, For the Win: “John Kransinski, ‘Saturday Night Live’ roast tom Brady for his support of Donald Trump”
GameStop, the short sell and telling the story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LqK8GiIMYw
Joseph Earp, Junkee: “Here’s how a sub-reddit is using a failing video game retailer to f**k Wall Street”
Mary K. Jacob, Mediaite: “NY Post deletes story after getting duped by random Twitter user who pushed absurd story about buying GameStop stock”
Alex Shephard, New Republic: “The GameStop saga is the first post-Trump story”
Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC: “Rapper Ja Rule says GameStop frenzy, stock market can be fun for young investors but be careful”
Katie Way, VICE: “Here’s why women are less likely to have gone in on the GameStop gambit”
Eric Levitz, New York Magazine: “How Redditors beat hedge funds at their own Game(Stop)’
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Jason Karaian, Michael J. ds la Merced, Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni, New York Times: “Why Robinhood had to risk infuriating its customers”
Associated Press: “The new GameStop may be silver: Price of precious metal rallying”
A new era in news management
Michael M. Grynbaum, New York Times: “ABC News’s president, James Goldston, is exiting as executive turnover in TV news continues.”
Katie Robertson & Marc Tracy, Washington Post: “Washington Post, Reuters and Los Angeles Times search for new top editors”
Oliver Darcy, CNN: “Seismic changes are altering the media and entertainment landscape”
Paul Farhi, Washington Post: “Martin Baron, executive editor who oversaw dramatic Washington Post expansion, announces retirement”
Dan Froomkin, Press Watch: “What the next generation of editors need to tell their political reporters”
Ben Smith, New York Times: “Survey says: Never tweet”
Full Survey: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/ben-smith-poll/967c3e3a09403867/full.pdf
Joe Pompeo, Vanity Fair: “’We can’t have that’: Inside the New York Times’ firing of Lauren Wolfe”
Super Bowl LV
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdMTTQ9SBgk
Nicole Lyn Pesce, MarketWatch: “Super Bowl 2021: Why brands like Coke, Budweiser and Pepsi are benching their stars from in-game commercials this year”
Amanda Kooser, CNET: “Super Bowl 2021 ads: Bud Light and Tide commericials lead the pack so far”
Megan Graham, CNBC: “Here are all the Super Bowl ads that have been released so far”
Corinne Heller, E!: “Super Bowl 2021 Commericials: Watch ads starring Mindy Kaling, Jimmy Kimmel and more”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=on04UnEzCt8&feature=youtu.be
