Sensationalism

"Prison Break" Lemonade

Marc Mauer | Posted 05.10.2012

Read More: Prison, Prison Reform, Criminal Justice System, Prison System, Sensationalism, Marketing, Prisons, Criminal Justice, Advertising, Prisons in the Media, DC News
Marc Mauer

For far too long, our approach to developing public policy on issues of crime and punishment has been overly framed by sensationalist imagery.

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What Is The Line Between Realism And Sensationalism?

Corban Addison | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Book Reviews, USA Today, John Grisham, Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, Realism, Writing, Sensationalism, A Walk Across the Sun, Books News
Corban Addison

Is there a point where the artistic depiction of violence against children becomes complicit in that violence? Is there an ethical line in fiction between realism that reveals, and sensationalism that exploits?

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Electricity, Folly Science And Hysterical Women

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Kimberly Johansson, Johansson Projects, Christina Corfield, Video, Electricity, Art Meets Science, Oakland Art Murmur, Sensationalism, Arts News

Ladies and gentlemen, come witness the inexplicable, the hypnotizing, the maddening force of electricity in its earliest stages! The mysterious phenom...

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Weiners and Losers

Steven Weber | Posted 08.17.2011

Read More: Weinergate, Anthony Weiner Resignation, Anthony Weiner, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Sensationalism, Media, Anthony Weiner Resigns, Media News
Steven Weber

What is it about our culture lately that just loves tearing a human being to shreds? Whatever one may think of the lurid spectacle that is The Wide World of Weiner, the glee demonstrated by the media is the truly disturbing element here.

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Everything Said About Anthony Weiner Is Bull

Michael Bader, D.M.H. | Posted 08.07.2011

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Sex Scandal, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Sex Scandals, Sensationalism, Political Scandals, Scandal, Media News
Michael Bader, D.M.H.

There's only one legitimate reason to be upset with Anthony Weiner, and that's because his behavior and its discovery has taken away a bold and effective voice in the Democratic party. Everything else you think and feel about him is bull.

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Fabrication, Exaggeration and Sensationalization in Writings About Afghanistan

Bashir Ahmad Gwakh | Posted 07.09.2011

Read More: Greg Mortenson, Three Cups of Tea, Publishers, Ethics in Journalism, Afghanistan, Bookseller of Kabul, Journalism, Sensationalism, Media News
Bashir Ahmad Gwakh

Too many Western writers try to portray themselves as selfless, Mother Theresa-like figures who venture to an exotic and dangerous country to single-handedly save the natives.

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What Ever Happened to Real Journalism?

Sue VanDerzee | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cable News, Print Journalism, Midterm Elections, Journalism, Media Sensationalism, Sensationalism, Media News
Sue VanDerzee

A mere two weeks after a midterm election, most mainstream journalists are not exploring the issues that must be tackled by the new Congress or tied up by the old Congress, but are handicapping the next election cycle.

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The Social Construction of Controversy

Peter Henne | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Muhammad Cartoon, park51, International Relations, Media Elite, Glenn Beck, Sensationalism, Media Sensationalism, World News
Peter Henne

If elite manipulation of the construction of an Islamic center caused the conflict, then correcting the media market to allow for a diversity of viewpoints is the solution.

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Welcome to Bubble Boy Nation

Brock Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mcmansions, Gamers, Video Games, Child Safety, Overprotective Parents, Child Abduction, Sensationalism, Los Angeles News
Brock Cohen

Welcome to Bubble Boy Nation, a place inhabited by overprotective parents, delicate, overindulged children, and two major political parties that routinely capitulate to legions of lobbyists.

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Revolting Revelation: Michael Jackson Still Not Allowed Burial

Francesca Biller-Safran | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Fallen King of Pop, Michael Jackson, Precription Drugs, Neverland Ranch, Closure, Wacko Jacko, Burial, Barry Gordy, Black Entertainment Awards, Papparazzi, News Media, Smoky Robinson, Motown Records, Child Molestation, Jermaine Jackson, TV Ratings, Guiness Book of World Records, Journalism, Joe Jackson, Walter Cronkite, Sensationalism, Peter Pan, The King of Pop, Los Angeles Coroner, Toxicoloy Reports, Entertainment News
Francesca Biller-Safran

It's been more than a month since Michael Jackson's demise and still no burial, cremation, resting place, or any manifestation of "closure" for this fallen King of Pop.

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Media Literacy 101: How to Detect Fear-Mongering -- Pakistani Nukes & Swine Flu

Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Photography, Msnbc, Fear, Pakistan, Swine Flu, Media, Cnn, Nuclear Weapons, Pakistan Nuclear Weapons, Sean Hannity, Sensationalism, Craigslist, Fox News, Washington Post, Financial TImes, Media News, Sanjay Gupta, Media News
Susan Moeller

How can you tell whether you are getting a story that is balanced and proportionate to the crisis or one that is fanning panic and hysteria? One quick guide is to evaluate the pictures.

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