Green Bay Packers Quarterback Aaron Rodgers lied to fans and the public about his COVID-19 immunization status, a fact we know now that he’s contracted the virus. What effect are his actions having on the spread of disinformation?
Jemele Hill, The Atlantic: “Why Aaron Rodgers felt free to mislead people”
Jerry Brewer, Washington Post: “Aaron Rodgers, starting QB for the unvaccinated, is really looking out for No. 12”
Al Tompkins, Poynter: “Journalists should directly address Aaron Rodgers’ concerns over COVID-19 vaccines and fertility”
Meredith Nardino, US Weekly: “Aaron Rodgers explains why his hopes of becoming a father prevented him from getting the COVID-19 vaccine”
Kareen Abdul-Jabbar, Substack: “Aaron Rodgers didn’t just lie”
Ken Belson & Emily Anthes, New York Times: “Scientists fight a new source of vaccine misinformation: Aaron Rodgers”
Tom Jones, Poynter: “What is the media saying about the unvaccinated Aaron Rodgers?”
Where are we getting our news?
Katerina Eva Matsa & Sarah Naseer, Pew Research Center: “News platform fact sheet”
Elahe Izadi, Washington Post: “This newspaper is cutting back on print and training readers to use iPads instead. Will it work?”
Journalism students save community paper
News release, Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Georgia: “Journalism students to play integral role in saving community newspaper”
Dink NeSmith, DinkNeSmith.com: “The Echo is planning new era with new ownership”
Al Cross, The Rural Blog: “Ga. Publisher NeSmith takes over dying weekly, makes it a nonprofit to be maintained editorially by Univ. of Georgia”
Barbara Allen, Poynter: “A 148-year-old newspaper is the latest to recruit to UGA’s journalism school”
Wayne Ford, Athens Banner-Herald: “With weekly Athens-area newspaper facing shutdown, a plan is forged to save it”
The end for Kyiv Post
Staff, Kyiv Post: “Kyiv Post closes on Nov. 8 ‘for a short time’”
Illia Ponomarenko, Twitter: “BREAKING”
Agence France-Presse: “Ukrainian English-language newspaper Kyiv Post suspends publication”
Radina Gigova, CNN: “Kyiv Post suspends publication after 26 years. Staffers decry ‘act of vengeance”
Edited public records
Tim Carpenter, Kansas Reflector: “Anti-masker’s obscenity-laced tirade at Capitol erased from Legislature’s video of hearing”
Andrew Bahl, Topeka Capital-Journal: “Kansas legislative staff unaware of video editing policy after profane rant removed from hearing video”
Angela Fu, Poynter: “Kansas legislature edits video of public hearing to omit profane rant targeting a journalist”
