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StinkyJournalism Media Picks
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Interview: Poynter's Bob Steele on CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Conflict of Interest
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| by Molika Ashford, Stinkyjournalism.org |
November 04, 2009 08:40 am EST
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| Ethics scholar Bob Steele--interviewed here about conflict of interest and Dr. Sanjay Gupta's relationship to cyclist Lance Armstrong. (Photo courtesy of the Poynter Institute) |
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In an ongoing look at CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s relationship with cyclist Lance Armstrong, StinkyJournalism opened a discussion with ethics expert Bob Steele at the Poynter Institute.
Steele has written about how journalists can avoid or mitigate the competing loyalties that might turn into conflicts of interest. He has also written about Dr. Gupta in the past, exploring the question of competing loyalties in his work as a doctor and his history with...Go to full story
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UPDATE: Armstrong Foundation Says CNN's Gupta Pays His Own Expenses
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| by Molika Ashford, stinkyjournalism.com |
October 19, 2009 04:20 am EST
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Last month, StinkyJournalism investigated a report by CNN correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta because of a possible conflict of interest. Dr. Gupta interviewed Lance Armstrong in an “exclusive” story broadcast on July 27, 2009. He, however, failed to clearly disclose that he is on the board of the Lance Armstrong Foundation, LiveStrong.
Gupta, we also discovered, has written positively about Armstrong in the past, defending him against charges of...Go to full story
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CNN Uses Psychics For Michael Jackson "Top News" Coverage
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
July 12, 2009 06:14 am EST
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| NO, REALLY. IT'S CNN, NOT THE ONION: The CNN caption for the image above states: "Psychic Eddie Conner believes Jackson will be reincarnated in the next 20 years." (Credit: Jacque Wilson/ CNN) |
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Is this a new low for CNN.com and Michael Jackson coverage?
CNN needs no facts nor fact-checking when they talk to psychics who sound authoritative but whose tea leaves and numbers have as much predictive power as tea. Warning, this is NOT from The Onion, see for yourself on CNN.com.
The report starts "LOS ANGELES, California (CNN)" under "Entertainment.," The end of the URL link says "topnews" but the title makes me...Go to full story
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CNN.com Reports On New Dating Book that Stereotypes Single Women and Texting
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| by Danielle Mastropiero, StinkyJournalism.org |
May 12, 2009
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| CNN's caption states: "The authors of 'Flirtexting,' above, say women need to learn how to text their way to love." StinkyJournalism asks: "Just because these women say it, does CNN have to repeat it?" |
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Didn't CNN.com notice that a new book for women about flirting correctly via text messages reinforces tired stereotypes about women as well as underestimating their intelligence?
The CNN.com article on “Flirtexting: How to Text Your Way Into His Heart” describes the book as hinged on the presumption that women haven’t been able to grasp the oh-so-complex technology of text messaging as fast as men have. They write: “The book's co-authors, Olivia...Go to full story
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CNN NEWS! Two Random Somali Pirates Vow Revenge!
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| by Rhonda Roland Shearer, StinkyJournalism.org |
April 15, 2009
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| CNN uses this image for its article that exclaims two Somali men vow revenge! CNN's caption: "France launched a military operation to free French citizens held by pirates on a yacht called the Tanit." It is notable that the two non-CNN journalist sources (who interviewed the two "pirates") and their news organization employers, are all unnamed by CNN. |
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You read the headlines: CNN blares "Pirates vow to kill U.S., French sailors." It is certainly exciting. A "vow" of violence is dramatic and fear-inspiring...but StinkyJournalism has questions.
What backs up this claim? Is there a pirates' union speaking out? Is there a statement from a pirate leader or from a press release or pirate flack? Apparently not.
The first sentence reads that only "two pirates in...Go to full story
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Media Fails to Fact Check Skewed Stats in Palestinian Conflict Death Toll
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| by Danielle Mastropiero, StinkyJournalism.com |
April 07, 2009
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| Gaza image published by CNN to illustrate their story that uses dubious stats. |
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It's bad enough when TMZ and other seedy celebrity rags use "unnamed sources," but when the mainstream media incorporates them regularly as primary sources for war reporting it's clear the public has lost the battle for good journalism.
National Review Online's Stephanie Gutmann penned a recent article exploring the credibility of statistics that have poured in from the Middle East. Gutmann points out that an AP article listed the Palestine death toll as 900...Go to full story
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CNN's Credibility on Life Support?
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| Video of Dying Boy Appears Staged |
| by Danielle Mastropiero, StinkyJournalism.org |
March 20, 2009
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| FAKE VIDEO FROM GAZA? While much of CNN’s clip of the medical activity is below camera level, the doctor on the right with the dark brown hair who appears to be doing CPR, according the experts, is not in the correct position for doing real chest compressions. |
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Stinky Journalism's Danielle Mastropiero is a career EMT as well as a former American Heart Association CPR Instructor.
The claim captured in the title and caption of the video is dramatic: "Cameraman watches brother die: CNN's Michael Holmes reports on the Gaza cameraman who recorded the death of his own brother." When bloggers first raised doubts and suggested the scene was staged, the video was quickly removed by CNN but soon reemerged with the...Go to full story
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PR fox revealed in the CNN hen house! :
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| "Superstar" iReporter admits CNN knows she's a PR Flack...but does not disclose it. |
| by Leonard Witt, the Robert D. Fowler Distinguished Chair in Communication at Kennesaw State University |
September 10, 2008
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| How is Daughters, a CNN "superstar iReporter" posting reports for, ahem, "former clients" ? She tells all . |
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Leonard Witt's interview with CNN "superstar iReporter" , Grayson Daughters...
Witt: So Grayson are you saying you are uploading stealth PR to iReport, which eventually works its way onto CNN proper?
Daughters: Let's just say I've done it before. But I have good clients who are making news too. There's nothing stealthy about it really. The one time I did use iReport for someone else's purposes, I fully disclosed everything to the person at CNN...
Witt: Of... Go to full story
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In an iReport World, Who Can We Trust?
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| by Andy Sternberg , NetZoo.net |
August 07, 2008
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| Fake iReport photo? ..."CNN's iReport Terms of Use addresses nothing about photo manipulation or regulations." |
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"The photo above first aired on CNN and was sent in by someone who was supposedly in the supermarket at the time what CNN terms as an iReporter... Go to full story
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