TheConversationUS ,
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Why is there a disconnect between the messages campus protesters want to amplify and what is broadcast? According to a professor:
> Journalists see confrontations, arrests and disruption as more newsworthy than peaceful protests
> Student efforts to educate their campuses were largely ignored while the encampments made the front pages.
> Universities and police have dedicated media teams ready to give quotes, students don’t
https://theconversation.com/media-coverage-of-campus-protests-tends-to-focus-on-the-spectacle-rather-than-the-substance-229172

GreenFire ,
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My takeaway from this opinion piece is contrary to what the other commenters suggest.

It seems clear to me that occupying the campuses was a poor approach towards helping Palestinians.

bradpatrick ,
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Journalist: You two fight and I'll watch
Students: Ceasefire! Peace! Justice! Listen to us!
Police: (slapping palms with batons, loading weapons)
Students: Don't hit us! Don't shoot us!
Students: (to Journalist) Just listen!
Police: (Hit, shoot students; arrests made)
Journalist: BOLD Mayhem on campus as police quell violent protests
Readers: (What was the protest about again?)
Journalist: My work here is done.

trabex ,
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journalist here. It's reporting 101 to get both sides of the story. That happens too often in political situations where one side obviously isn't telling the truth.

I guess "fairness in journalism" just means being fair to people with authority and power.

maccuinneagain ,
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tl;dr journalists are shit at their jobs

Greengordon ,
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In other words, the medium determines the message you receive. Ditch the MSM, folks.

“ > Journalists see confrontations, arrests and disruption as more newsworthy than peaceful protests"

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