“Good Night, and Good Luck” – A Lesson in Advocacy Journalism with the Unrest in Los Angeles and Beyond

Unfolding before our eyes this week is the news coverage of the protests in Los Angeles, with some protestors peaceful, and others prone to causing damage and becoming more like rioters or anarchists, which is my interpretation of the facts. Political agendas are playing out, pitting the California governor and the US President, in conflict […]

“Good Night, and Good Luck” – Dealing with Truth, Facts, and Opinions

Some of you perhaps followed CNN’s live showing of the Broadway play, “Good Night, and Good Luck”, telling the story of famous CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow, and his battle with McCarthyism and threats to journalism in the early 1950’s. The point in this play was to draw parallels to challenges to the news media […]