Listen to the 10-minute Here & Now NPR segment on the backlash to the Washington Post story about white workers in a predominantly Hispanic workplace. Discuss the reporter’s portrayal of the story versus that of the advocacy journalist from Latino Rebels. How does the story play from the latter’s point of view?
Option 1 – Listen to the Glen Greenwald interview of NPR’s Dec. 22, 2017 podcast On the Media (https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments/medias-trump-problem), and discuss what Greenwald is saying about journalism, specifically TV and cable news, using the readings and the Newswars documentary to make connections. Do these stories reflect bias, a commercial rush to publish/broadcast first, or a … Read more