Category Archives: Chapter 6

Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Why would a big name director like Spike Lee choose to fund a movie using Kickstarter? Well, let’s let him answer that question: If you had a button that would let you turn off all news about the Royal Baby, … Continue reading →

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Remembering Journalist Michael Hastings

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Rolling Stone and BuzzFeed contributor Michael Hastings died Tuesday of injuries suffered in a car crash in Los Angeles. Hastings was best known for his 2010 profile of Gen. Stanley McChristal that ultimately led to President Obama firing him as … Continue reading →

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What a Media World Mess – News Misfires & Successes Covering Boston

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Last week was not the best of weeks for the news media, both legacy and social.  There was a lot of good reporting going on, but there were also a number of high profile screw ups that happened on the … Continue reading →

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Kathleen Parker for my commentary students – 2013

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Updated 3/6/18 My commentary and blogging students are reading Kathleen Parker for class this week.  She’s one of my favorite columnists because she is always challenging conventional labels.  No Dreaded Talking Points from Parker! Class (and everyone else) here are … Continue reading →

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Media News Roundup

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Hawaii passes Steven Tyler Act Would ban “unwanted photos or videos of others in private moments.”  Nice idea, but do celebs really get the right to say “pay attention to me now, but not now”? How Sen. Rand Paul used … Continue reading →

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Media News Roundup

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Ralph Hanson

Comcast buying out rest of NBCUniversal stock from GE for $16.7 billion, years ahead of schedule So, it looks like General Electric will be completely out of the media business by the end of March, according to reporting from Brian … Continue reading →

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Link Ch. 6 – NBC Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel and his Crew Freed in Syria

Posted on December 18, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

It is sometimes easy to forget how much danger reporters face to get us news from war zones around the world. On Monday, NBC’s chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel and his crew were freed from their captors who had held … Continue reading →

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NY Times v. Guy Fieri – The News Value of a Brutal Review

Posted on November 20, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

You may have heard that last week New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells absolutely savaged Food Network host Guy Fieri’s new Times Square restaurant Guy’s American Kitchen & Bar. The review, written entirely as a series of questions, suggests that … Continue reading →

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Questions Worth Asking (Maybe)

Posted on August 27, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

Does the New York Times have a pervasive progressive world view? Outgoing public editor thinks so.  Exec editor, not so much…. (via Mediaite) Where did the Internet come from? A bit more on the general who got frustrated trying to … Continue reading →

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Best Obit Ever

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Ralph Hanson

I hope when I die my family can have this good of a sense of humor about it.

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