Media on trial
Subtitle: story of the storytellers
By: produced and narrated by Greg Luft
Contributors: Luft, Greg
Series: Master classes in the media arts : a videotape library
Publisher: Peak Media Services
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Derbyshire
Language: eng
Format: Videorecording
Number of pages: 56
Subjects: Reporters and reporting; Reporters and reporting -- Moral and ethical aspects; Broadcast journalism
Description: This program documents media coverage of the Oklahoma City Bombing Trials. It analuzes many of the media practices that draw intense criticism, including the differences between tabloid and mainstream coverage; impacts of judicial cooperation; report objectivity; journalist emotions; sources and spin; victim and jury treatment; the media swarm; legal analysis; competitive pressures; organizational versus individual motivations for styles of coverage; print and broadcast cooperation; coverage ground rules; technology impacts; public and governmental reactions to efforts inimproving the media image and more.
Notes: Distributed by First Light Video Publishing

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