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The live TV coverage of the former football star’s Nevada parole hearing was “astonishing,” says criminologist James Alan Fox. What if the media gave that much time and attention to important criminal justice stories, like the broken parole system?
The National Rifle Association took aim at the newspaper in an NRA TV video after the Post published a story about an NRA video that was criticized for inciting violence toward liberals.
Trying to fill the gaps in an FBI count of hate crimes, ProPublica and journalism partners are collecting thousands of reports on hate crimes and developing news stories from tips in the new database.
A study finds widespread support among U.S. journalists for naming and publishing photos of perpetrators in mass shooting events. A co-author of the study says reporters were “largely ambivalent” about research showing that coverage can lead to “copycat” incidents.
A recent study by the New York City Mayor’s Office argues that “inadequate” or sensationalist coverage of Intimate Partner Violence—and in particular of homicides linked to domestic violence cases─prevents serious public debate on the issue.
The Dallas Morning News traces how many media reports wrongly said that 4.2 percent of U.S. children witnessed a shooting in the past year.
Milwaukee’s Precious Lives Project produced a 100-part weekly series covering youth violence, including its cost to taxpayers and a search for solutions.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin alleged defamation over an editorial that linked the 2011 shooting of Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ) to an ad circulated by Palin that put Democratic districts in crosshairs. The Times issued a correction, saying there was no link between political rhetoric and the shooting of former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ).
Several families of the victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting threatened legal action against NBC if it airs the interview with Alex Jones, who says the massacre may be a hoax.
Rolling Stone will pay $1.65 million to a Phi Kappa Psi fraternity chapter for erroneously reporting that University of Virginia students took part in a gang rape. The magazine retracted the 2014 article.