FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The Center for Ethics in Journalism visiting distinguished professor Alicia “Lisa” Shepard weighed in on former first lady Hillary Clinton criticizing the media. Shepard wrote an opinion piece for USA Today that was published Friday (Sept. 15). It’s entitled, “Donald Trump, move over. It’s Hillary Clinton’s turn to bash the news media.”
Talking politics or religion is preferably avoided during family gatherings, usually because no one can agree on personal views and arguments can start. The same can go for actors who give political opinions during award acceptance speeches, or journalists who may go to their personal social media site to opine about politics. For example, ESPN’s Sports Center host Jemele Hill went to Twitter to accuse President Trump of being a “white supremacist.” Was she right, or wrong? While she may have a right to Tweet her personal opinion of President Trump, was she right, as a journalist, to let her view be known on social media? Here is USA Today ‘s story about the incident.
Poynter reports about fact-checking fake news. The article suggests data shows there is a lack of helpful advice for fact-checking and media organizations when it comes to improving corrections. Also, the importance of getting audiences to trust media, many who view it as untrustworthy. Poynter.
