Scooped! : media miss real story on crime while chasing sex, sleaze, and celebrities
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Scooped! : media miss real story on crime while chasing sex, sleaze, and celebrities
Columbia University Press, 1999
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Description and Table of Contents
Description
Scooped! surveys the impact of tabloid journalism in America and reveals that crime news and reporting say much about a society fascinated by sleaze and violence. David Krajicek raises important questions about how and why certain crimes are reported, and the ways in which these representations are framing debates concerning crime policy and the criminal justice system. He challenges journalists--in the tabloid, television, and otherwise "respectable" news media--to fulfill their mission to inform, and not inflame, the public.
Table of Contents
1. Dancing with Trash in America the Violent 2. Rupert, Amy, OJ 3. Seven Little Sins, So Many Stories 4. Anything Particularly Cruel: The World of Crime Reporting 5. The Crime Policy Follies: Caution! Politicians at Work 6. Telling the Truth Less Poorly
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