Justice, State & Local Government

Watch out for fake news from the Middle East.

Old, out-of-contest photos and video

Watch out for pink slime (more on Wednesday)

For Wednesday

• Howard Husock, "Could News Bloom in News Deserts?" American Enterprise Institute, July 2023.

State rules on cameras in court

Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966)

Chandler v. Florida (1981)

Actual Malice



The Gloves Come Off (literally)



The OJ Trial:  the Sequestration Loophole

Cops and the Media

 

"Umbrella Competition" (Graber 285 of 10th ed)

• Los Angeles Times
• Glendale News-Press
• Crescenta Valley Weekly
• LA Daily News

Alternative and Ethnic Media

• LA Weekly
• La Opinion
• Los Angeles Sentinel

Local TV and duopolies

KCAL/KCBS

The Decline of Statehouse Reporting.

Corruption is the price of scant coverage.

• Isolated state capitals and corruption
• The City of Bell

How to follow California?

• Rough & Tumble (aggregator site)
• CALMatters
• California Watchdog
• Capitol Weekly
• Flash Report (conservative)
• City News Service (you will find their stories in newspapers)