Quiz 7

Question 1

Nellie Bly

Answer 1

Fakes mental illness so she can report from inside an asylum in the 1880s
- investigative journalists use deception to get stories
- today disguises and false identities
- women and poor

Question 2

Absolutist ethics

Answer 2

suggest that a moral society has laws and codes everyone must live by

Question 3

situational ethics

Answer 3

promotes ethical decisions on a case-by-case basis

Question 4

SPJ Code

Answer 4

“avoid undercover or other surreptitious methods of gathering information unless traditional, open methods will not yield information vital to the public”

Question 5

Ethics case study

Answer 5

• 1999
• NBC producers pose as workers for the Food Lion Grocery store to document alleged unhealthy food practices in the meat department
• Court ruling sued the journalists for having a breach of loyalty to their employer (+ trespassing)

Question 6

Conflict of interest

Answer 6

any situation in which journalists may stand to benefit personally from stories they produce

refuse gifts, bribes, favors, fees, travel, politics, etc

newspapers with poor funding and resources are more likely to succumb

Question 7

Conservative media + Fake news

Answer 7

Left: HuffPost + Democracy Now!
Mainstream media deviates into conservative media
trump trying to discredit and demean journalists to bolster own agenda
- Leslie Stahl interview on 60 minutes

Question 8

Rush Limbaugh

Answer 8

was the first great promulgator of mainstream media’s liberal bias idea

Question 9

MMLB

Answer 9

Mainstream media’s liberal bias –> concept describing the standard around which Rush’s audience could rally (claiming most media is left leaning)

a mechanism for criticism and refutation of conservative ideas

“no male representation”

Question 10

Bill O’Reilly

Answer 10

Fox News Star
- culture wars and the degeneration of American pop culture
Focus on cultural wedge experienced by white, conservative, working-class voters
EX: war on christmas, anthem and kneeling

Question 11

Allegations of fake news

Answer 11

Trump on Twitter (X)
- 1308/11,000 tweets were attacks on news orgs
- 36 tweets called the media the “enemy of the people”
- 758 tweets praised FOX news

Question 12

James Agee (1930s)

Answer 12

Let Us Now Praise Famous - - – depression era photography
Men –> regarding conventional journalism as dishonest (exploiting people as characters for profit)
- self-conscious analysis –> journalisms hidden agenda and responsibility to citizens

Question 13

james callender

Answer 13

• Scottish immigrant and news editor
• supported Jefferson over Adams for president (peace and competency vs war and beggary)
• Adams jailed him for sedition
• Turned on Jefferson publishing news of him having relations with an enslaved women (with children - Sally)
• no mass media (only rich elite educated white men could vote)

Question 14

Who said the american eagle quote

Answer 14

Bill Moyers

Question 15

Steve Greenlee

Answer 15

• Boston Globe + Portland Herald
• BU Newsroom (NEW)
• Band = Sons of Quint
• Mayday –> piece on Maines costal distress

Question 16

top editor duties

Answer 16

• set the editorial vision, direction, priorities
• oversee the entire newsroom
• lead transformation and audience strategies
• coach and mentor journalists
• recruit, hire, and retain talent

Question 17

mentality of journalists

Answer 17

“always on” mentality (24/7)

Question 18

Editor Plan

Answer 18

be prepared to throw the plan out the window

Question 19

red flag laws

Answer 19

allowed authorities to take guns away from them when close people say they are dangerous

Question 20

yellow flag laws

Answer 20

family reports go to a psychologist/clinician who will execute an evaluation

Question 21

great stories arise from…

Answer 21

simple questions

Question 22

what do editors do?

Answer 22

1. Coaching: “i edit ppl, not stories”
2. plan coverage
3. coordinate with web, visuals, etc
   4, field tops, pitchest, complaints
4. participate in meetings
5. edit

Question 23

parts of coaching

Answer 23

1. talk with reporters
2. ask questions
3. provide feedback and mentoring

Question 24

prosecuting a story

Answer 24

1. does it make sense?
2. does it add up?
3. whats missing?
4. whose perspective is needed?
5. who stands to benefit?
6. why is this important?

Question 25

3 things to put into a story

Answer 25

1. explain what matters
2. put it in context –> no truth without context
3. tell the reader what you dont know

Question 26

editors #1 job

Answer 26

create an atmosphere in which people can do their best work

Question 27

why steve has come to bu?

Answer 27

• chance to work with student journalists
• provide journalism to news outlets
• get students published
• sharpen skills