President Obama spoke told mourners the memorial service for five slain Dallas police officers that “we are not as divided as we seem,” following a week of police-involved shootings. How did the presence of video from two police-involved shootings move the dialogue forward? What caused conservative media to take notice of incidents of police brutality against people of color? And, did the media help the situation or hurt it?
Brandon Ellington Patterson, Mother Jones: “President Obama speaks out about the police shooting deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling”
Matt Ferner & Nick Wing, Huffington Post: “Here’s how many cops got convicted of murder last year for on-duty shootings”
James Warren, Poynter: “New York Daily News editor didn’t think twice about running graphic photo”
Larry McShane, New York Daily News: “Baton Rouge activist recorded Alton Sterling police shooting”
Tamar Wilner, Columbia Journalism Review: “The photographer behind the emotional Dallas shooting image is an intern – but he’s no novice”
Paul Fahri, Washington Post: “During a chaotic night, Dallas Morning News forced to deliver updates in unconventional ways”
Michael Calderone, Huffington Post: “New York Post recklessly hypes ‘Civil War’ after Dallas shooting”
Erik Wemple, Washignton Post: “Fox News in Dallas: When images get ahead of confirmations”
Frank Pallotta, CNN Money: “MTV & BET suspend programming for live town hall on racial violence”
The Use of Facebook Live (or other live streams)
Brian Stelter, CNN Money: “Facebook Live’s big moment raises even bigger concerns”
Facebook: “Community standards and Facebook Live”
Mike Isaac & Sydney Ember: New York Times: “Live footage of shootings forces Facebook to confront new role”
James Poniewozik, New York Times: “A killing. A pointed gun. And two black lives, witnessing”
Alex Kantrowitz, BuzzFeed: “Facebook makes subjective decisions on keeping violent live streams up”
Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post: “In wake of graphic live-streamed shootings, Facebook further obscures its moderation policies”
Josh Constine, TechCrunch: “Facebook explains censorship policy for Live video”
David Uberti, Editor & Publisher: “PhilandoCastile, Facebook Live, and a new chapter for citizen journalism”
Brian Stelter, CNN Money: “PhilandroCastile and the power of Facebook Live”
Todd Spangler, Variety: “Facebook Live death videos: Social media adjusts to new role”
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook: “Yesterday a woman named Diamond…”
Al Tompkins, Poynter: “10 questions journalists should ask themselves before going live on Facebook”
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “Face it, Facebook. You’re in the news business.”
Conservative media sees a problem
Mollie Reilly, Huffington Post: “Conservative media finally starting to realize racism is a problem”
Matt K. Lewis, The Daily Caller: “Cameras force us to grapple with police brutality”
Leon H. Wolf, Red State: “The uncomfortable reason why it came to this in Dallas yesterday”
Mollie Reilly, Huffington Post: “Rush Limbaugh: Black Lives Matter is a ‘terrorist group’”
Reporters detained, hurt on the job
Salvador Hernandez, BuzzFeed: “Activist DeRay Mckesson, reporters arrested in Baton Rouge protest”
Benjamin Mullin, Poynter: “Police arrest reporters covering Black Lives Matter protests”
Brian Stelter, CNN Money: “Two reporters detained during Black Lives Matter protest in Rochester"
Gretchen Carlson sues Roger Ailes
Gabriel Sherman, NY Magazine: “Six more women allege Ailes sexual harassment”
Kelsey Sutton, POLITICO: “More women come forward with allegations of sexual harassment against RogerAiles”
Kiran Chetry, Huffington Post: “Gretchen V Roger: My story ofFNC”
Lauren Evans, Jezebel: “’They were like raw hamburger’: Six more women come forward with their Roger Ailes horror stories”
John Koblin, New York Times: “Roger Ailes, arguing Gretchen Carlson breached contract, presses for arbitration”
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters: “Fox News’ Ailes moves for arbitration in Carlson employment case”
Jim Rutenberg, New York Times: “Gretchen Carlson suit against Fox News head forces network to face changing mores”
Gabriel Sherman, NY Magazine: “Has the clock run out on Roger Ailes?”
Scott Jones, FTV Live: “Ailesstory disappears from Drudge, Nowhere to be found on others”
Peter Sterne, Nick Lindseth & Kelsey Sutton, POLITICO: “The Carlson camp”
Anthony Crupi, AdAge: “Ailessays ratings doomed Carlson, but her show was beating rivals and growing”
Press freedom in peril in Missouri?
Deron Lee, Columbia Journalism Review: “A reporter’s arrest is just the latest reason to worry about press freedom in Missouri”
Chris Hayes, KTVI-TV: “Reporter placed in handcuffs for attempting to cover city meeting”
Chris Hayes, KTVI-TV: “St. Louis area police department has no insurance, no registration and no apologies”
Doyle Murphy, Riverfront Times: “Fox 2 investigative reporter Chris Hayes arrested in Kinloch for doing his job”
Alexendra Rosenmann, Alternet: “TV reporter arrested and chained to bench when trying to investigate suspicious police practices”
