New reports suggest that in recent Jersey City shooting, there were in fact, two attackers.
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEM-vekKgYkigHmszZHg3p-QqFwgEKg8IACoHCAowjuuKAzCWrzwwloIY?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen

Back to the Future

Courtesy of POTUS, some stylistic suggestions:

The apostrophe, capitalization, and parallel structure:

Democrats refusal to give even one vote for massive Tax Cuts is why we need Republican Roy Moore to win in Alabama. We need his vote on stopping crime, illegal immigration, Border Wall, Military, Pro Life, V.A., Judges 2nd Amendment and more. No to Jones, a Pelosi/Schumer Puppet!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2017

Spelling:

“The Democrats haven’t come up with a smocking gun. Nancy Pelosi, by raising this to the level of Impeachment, has raised the bar impossibly high. This comes after three years of nonstop investigations of Trump, the Russian collusion narrative, the Mueller Report, & now the...../div>

Reform and Regulation (Graber 478-83):

• The tricky business of regulating the Internet
• User-generated content (Graber 467-69) and -- again -- deepfakes.

Consuming Media (Hall and Sinclair119-21):  Breaking News

The Future of Journalism

• Polarization and hearing strategy
• Economics

A supercut of bad interviews

Advice

• Think before you tweet.
• If there is a microphone or camera nearby, assume that it is on. -- especially when you are talking to world leaders.  In fact, there might be a microphone nearby even if you do not know it.
• Remember that you are in an exchange relationship:  you want something from the reporter, and the reporter wants something from you.
• Mind the clock. Return phone calls and emails promptly.  Be on time.
• Mind the calendar.  Know when other stories are most likely to eclipse yours.  Know when there is a vacuum that our story can fill.
• Whenever possible, learn something about the reporter and news organization before the interview.
• For important interviews and press conferences, rehearse with people who are willing to pose tough questions.
• Decide what you want to say.  Write down two or three key points that you want to get across. Pivot to them whenever you can.  "But the real issue is...
• Prepare sound bites (not bytes) ahead of time.
• Know your stuff.
• On TV, use gestures that complement your ideas.
• For phone interviews (either for radio or TV), it is not cheating to use crib sheets.
• Never get angry, except on purpose.
• Listen carefully to the question, but never repeat the interviewer’s words unless they reinforce your message.
• Make your language as simple as possible.  Avoid jargon.
• If you don’t know the answer, just say so. If possible and useful, tell the reporter that you will provide the information shortly.
• Deflect if you must, but never say the words "no comment."
• Never assume that reporters will have the same understanding of "off the record" or "background" as you do.  Unless you have years of experience, just take it for granted that every single thing you say to the reporter (including "casual" conversation) is on the record.
• Wherever possible, do favors for reporters.
• When doing opposition research, make sure that there is primary-source documentation for everything.  Double-check and triple-check.
• Do self-research and vulnerability studies.
• Proofread all written material that you put online or send to the press.  Errors will count against you.
• Never post anything (text, video, photo) that you would hesitate to defend in the future.
• Never post anything while drinking.
• It is okay to spin, but never lie.

Trump Turns on Fox

Tweet from @realDonaldTrump on December 8:
"Don't get why @FoxNews puts losers on like @RepSwalwell (who got ZERO as presidential candidate before quitting), Pramila Jayapal, David Cicilline and others who are Radical Left Haters? The Dems wouldn't let @FoxNews get near their bad ratings debates, yet Fox panders. Pathetic!"

Here's Rep. Eric Swalwell's interview with Fox from December 6
Here's Rep. Cicilline's interview from the same day

Bloomberg responds

In response to internal criticism of the decision not to let Bloomberg News investigate Democratic candidates, Mike Bloomberg says they "just have to learn to live with some things" and that "They get a paycheck. But with your paycheck comes some restrictions and responsibilities."

Comparative Perspectives

Russian media and the 2020 election

The Ukraine Story

Public Media

Licenses (cost in Euros)

BBC International 

Press Freedom: the Big Picture

• Freedom of Expression
• Press Freedom
• Social Media Freedom
• The Exceptional First Amendment
• The United States is unusual in its protection of free speech 
• A defamation case
• Reporters Without Borders
• China and Intimidation

Contrasting US and International Perspectives

• Watching America

Bloomberg's TV Spending

Hi all,

Thought this was an interesting article on Bloomberg's use of television adds, specifically who he is trying to target. I think this is especially notable because we've talked about the decline of the use of internet advertising in campaigning. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/michael-bloomberg-outspent-the-entire-democratic-field-in-tv-ads-last-week/

The Hill to review John Solomon's columns

The Hill opinion columnist John Solomon, has heavily promoted theories about wrongdoing by Biden in Ukraine, and other topics which have become right wing talking points in the impeachment inquiry. After the House Impeachment Report revealed a web of contacts between Solomon, Rudy Giuliani, and indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas, The Hill announced it will be reviewing all of his columns about Ukraine.

New York Times opens up its presidential endorsement process

The New York Times is going to be publicizing parts of its endorsement process for 2020 Democratic candidates, a sharp divergence from the previous process, which has traditionally been very secretive. The Times will be airing parts of discussions and interviews with candidates about the process on its FX show, "The Weekly." The endorsement will also be first revealed on "The Weekly" on Jan. 19, rather than in the print edition of the paper.
The paper's editorial page editor, James Bennet, won't be involved, however, because his brother, Michael Bennet, is a candidate.

Foreign News

Knowledge

In 2014, only 16% of Americans could locate Ukraine on a map.

In 2017, only 36% could locate North Korea.

• Americans unsure of what is international and what is not.  In September 2017, only 54 percent knew that Puerto Ricans are U.S. citizens.
• They are not even sure about New Mexico.

Foreign bureaus close

• Freelancers
• Stringers

Military Media Manual

The Hazards of International Journalism

• Data from the Committee to Protect Journalists
• David Bloom (Pitzer `85)
• Bob Woodruff
• Lara Logan

Public relations and other countries

Qatar public relations

Putin opines!