Tuesday, July 24, 2007
The Media - No high marks here
This lengthy article goes deep into the media's influence and prejudices.
It uses the recent Duke lacrosse team case as the example...
It uses the recent Duke lacrosse team case as the example...
Rachel Smolkin writes in the American Journalism Review:
"Many in the media jettisoned caution--and the presumption of innocence--in their coverage of an alleged rape by Duke lacrosse players, and were too slow to correct the record as the case unraveled. But some journalists distinguished themselves with skeptical and incisive reporting."
