Paul Hunter Zaid
Online Journalism
Journal #11
4/28/2015
1) Bruce Jenner’s Interview
I hesitantly tuned into the Bruce Jenner interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC’s 20/20 Friday night regarding his transition to a woman. Within the first minute I was immediately touched and drawn into his story. Not only did he open up about his personal transgender identity struggle, but he was also the most prominent person to ever come out. Also, I enjoyed watching and listening to how Diane Sawyer interviewed Jenner, it gave me some ideas on how to potentially interview others in the future.
Tweet: Bruce Jenner: “I am a woman” http://yhoo.it/1E20eud
2) HGTV, Food Network Steer Clear of Edgy Content
After hearing “follow the money” in class last week it made me once again aware that behind every form of media and news story there is a link to the almighty dollar. I recently read in the New York Post Business section how Scripps Networks, which owns Food Network and Travel Channel has steered clear of nudity and edgy content in favor of clean content when other networks continue to come out with edgier content. Scripps chief revenue officer Steve Gigliotti told an audience of advertisers and media buyers that the company even screens advertising for potentially objectionable content. Apparently viewers and advertisers like the clean material. Last year was HGTV’s highest rated year.
http://nypost.com/2015/04/22/hgtv-food-network-steer-clear-of-edgy-content/
Tweet: HGTV, Food Network steer clear of edgy content http://bit.ly/1b3UmpK
3) Corinthian College Closes
Last week the for-profit college Corinthian College was highlighted in an email sent out to the class alleging the Corinthian Colleges subsidiary engaged in misconduct and misled students. Under an agreement with the U.S. Education Department, Corinthian stopped all instruction at the for-profit company’s remaining 28 campuses, ending classes for about 16,000 students. The company ceased all operations and will work with other schools to try to place the students, according to a statement Sunday.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/corinthian-colleges-ends-classes-last-163030632.html
Tweet: Corinthian Colleges Ends All Classes at Last Campuses and Closes http://yhoo.it/1dgW88Q
Media Bias
Inaccurate headline?
The headline above ran in the New York Times on Friday, April 16. However, in the actual news report, Khaled Koutineh, a 37 year old Palestinian, is not suspected of targeting an empty Jerusalem bus stop. He is accused of deliberately driving his car into two people, who happened to be waiting at a bus stop. There have been no accusations that the driver had some sort of vendetta against the bus stop itself. The suspicion is of terrorism, and now that one of the victims has succumbed to his wounds, of murder. Koutineh has now admitted that his goal was to kill Israeli Jews.
While the article written underneath the bizarre headline makes clear what happened, one has to wonder if whoever wrote the misleading headline even took the time to read the story.
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