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Views Preview: Is The Media Stirring The Pot?

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Is the media stirring the pot? Is the coverage of the sex scandals – now rocking entertainment, journalism and politics – potentially destroying innocent lives? In our attempts to listen to and be supportive of accusers are we denying the accused due process or benefit of the doubt? 

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Sarah Almukhtar, Larrry Buchanan & Michael Gold, New York Times: “After Weinstein: A list of men accused of sexual misconduct and the fallout for each

Elahe Izadi, Washington Post: “How SNL and Tiffany Haddish went after sexual misconduct

Bryan Curtis, The Ringer: “How pop culture journalism became ‘Entertainment:SVU’

Karen K. Ho, Columbia Journalism Review: “When the ‘Weinstein effect’ became a flood

Nellie Bowles, New York Times: “Men at work wonder if they overstepped with women, too

Adam B. Vary, BuzzFeed: “This is what a post-Weinstein Hollywood event looks like

Trump Jr.’s correspondence with Wikileaks

Julia Ioffe, The Atlantic: “The secret correspondence between Donald Trump Jr. andWikiLeaks

Donald Trump Jr, Twitter: “Here is the entire chain…

Julian Assange, Twitter: “I cannot confirm…

Carol D. Leonnig & Rosalind S. Helderman, Washington Post: “Donald Trump Jr. communicated with WikiLeaks during 2016 campaign

Jeva Lange, The Week: “Mike Pence insists he had no idea Donald Trump Jr. was talking to WikiLeaks

Scott Neuman, NPR: “Donald Trump Jr. had direct contact with WikiLeaks during campaign

A push for more media access

Andrew Restuccia, POLITICO: “White House pledges to push for more media access after APEC summit lock-out

David Nakamura, Washington Post: “New York Times photographer tweets ‘photo’ of black box to protest White House coverage blackout

Posing as journalists

Louise Matsakis, Vice: “’New York Times’ sues scammer who pretended to be a reporter

Alberto Luperon, Law Newz: “New York Times sues woman for repeatedly post as their reporter

Abigail Miller, Daily Mail: “Fake news reporter! New York Times sues a Queens woman who they claim posed as one of its journalists for at least TWO YEARS

Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “New York Times sues woman for allegedly impersonating Times reporter

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Lindsey Adler, Deadspin: “Teen girl posed for 8 years as a married man to write about baseball and harass women

Matt Campbell, Kansas City Star: “Missouri woman admits she posed as a man online to blog about sports and harassed women

Reselling the swag

Chavie Lieber, Racked: “The secret swag resale economy

Eliza Brooke, Racked: “We received $95,000 worth of free stuff in six months

Megan Reynolds, Jezebel: “Is it ethical to resell stuff you got for free?

Reporting on the opioid crisis… through obits

Anna Clark, Columbia Journalism Review: “Some of the best opioid coverage is not where you’d expect

David Armstrong, STAT: “52 weeks, 52 faces

Sarah Larimer, Washington Post: “An addict wanted her story told. So her mother did – in an obituary.

Time to talk about Apu

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Robert Ito, New York Times: “You love ‘The Simpsons’? Then let’s talk aboutApu

Razi Syed, Bedford & Bowery: “Thank you, come again? Hari Kondabolu explores ‘The Problem withApu’””

Jake Nevins, The Guardian: "'Apu was a tool for kids to go after you': Why The Simpsons remains problematic"

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