Lecture

Question 1

Romance scandal led to ethics code at newspaper

Answer 1

Laura Foreman had a relationship with a source during her time at the Philadelphia Inquirer
Gave her $20,000 worth of gifts
NYT made her resign
Philadelphia Inquirer launched an investigation against itself

Question 2

Leslie stahl wearing hijab

Answer 2

CBS journalist, Leslie Stahl provoked controversy by wearing a hijab when she interviewed the Iranian president
Should she have worn the head scarf?
Fed into dictators control of women in the country
She got scoop on nuclear deal

Question 3

Mideast war, CNN hamas propaganda

Answer 3

CNN refers to Hamas propaganda but not Israeli propaganda
Labelling Hamas videos as “Hamas propaganda” or “Hamas Propaganda Video posted by IFTV”
Israeli videos are labelled as “AFPTV” or “Israeli Defense Forces”

Question 4

FOX Jesse watters’ islamophobic rant

Answer 4

Water’s is being called out for Islamophobia while reporting on the conflict in Israel
Targets Arab Americans
White House asked FOX to apologize

Question 5

Watergate story-needs two anonymous sources rule

Answer 5

Washington Post story investigating a burglary of Democratic National Committee’s office in the Watergate building in Washington
Stories led to prison sentences for Nixon’s top men and Nixon resigning as president
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Dedication to truth and careful, thorough reporting
Editor, Ben Bradlee
Required two sources for every report, if using anonymous ones
Second source was code named Deep Throat
Deputy Director of FBI, Mark Felt

Question 6

NYT critiqued own coverage of Gaza hospital explosion

Answer 6

NYT criticized its own coverage of the hospital bombing in Gaza
Hamas blames the hospital attack on Israel
Israel blames it on the Palestinian militant group, Islamic Jihad

Question 7

Who is Catherine Herridge?

Answer 7

Catherine herridge was facing prison time for not revealing anoymous source, CBS
Fought subpoena
1st amendement right

Question 8

Young and Restless in China

Answer 8

Hotel Owner
Family is split - work life balance
Corruption w/business and local officials
Bribes
Tries to keep morals
Everyone is controlled by other people

Question 9

Jeremy Peters

Answer 9

Editing makes journalism high quality