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John E. Reid and Associates Inc., a police interrogation training and consulting firm, sued Netflix, writer-director Ava DuVernay, and her distribution company Array over a single disparaging comment made by a character in their “Central Park Five” docudrama “When They See Us.”
Individuals hungry for media notoriety represent half the perpetrators of the most widely covered mass violence events since the turn of the century, according to researchers who say their findings should encourage more restrained coverage by news outlets.
Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax filed a $400 million defamation lawsuit against CBS on Thursday, accusing the network of amplifying sexual assault claims that Fairfax says are “false, defamatory and politically-motivated.” CBS stands by its reporting.
Holt went to Louisiana State Penitentiary, the maximum-security prison known as Angola, for a two-night stay in a cell. The results will be shown on NBC’s “Dateline” at 10 p.m. Friday. On Sunday, MSNBC will show a “town hall” broadcast from New York state’s Sing Sing Correctional Facility.
The Odessa, Tx., police chief refused on live television to name the man who killed seven people, but his identity spread quickly via Facebook and Twitter.
Journalists who cover crime and justice tell the Wisconsin Center for Journalism Ethics that their profession needs better ethical standards and training, and more diversity in the ranks.
One of the most popular true-crime podcasts takes down “several” episodes after a former Arkansas journalist accuses the production of taking information without attribution.
Sheriff Brian Wolfe of Malheur County says the Malheur Enterprise broke no laws when it repeatedly messaged the county’s economic development director, who also is a state representative, seeking comment for a story.
After the Malheur, Or., Enterprise investigated State Rep. Greg Smith’s business deals, Smith asked the sheriff for a criminal investigation of the paper under a “telephonic harassment” law.
“Research increasingly tells us that our coverage of mass shootings has implications for public health,” said The Trace, a website covering gun issues. Meanwhile, President Trump promoted the views of Northeastern University criminologist James Alan Fox that there is no evidence of an “epidemic” of mass shootings.