Author: Dan Lothian
SHUT UP AND DO SOMETHING! Media, Shootings and Misinformation
I’m tired of the rhetoric every time there’s a school shooting. The promises from politicians and gun violence prevention groups ring hollow. “Never again,”...
Dan Lothian: Stop covering Tom Brady & Alex Reimer controversy like a wildfire
On to the Philadelphia Eagles: New England Patriots fans and local media should move past the Tom Brady and Alex Reimer story
This should be...
What’s behind the news media’s obsession with teacher-student sex?
“A female middle school teacher is under investigation for having sex with one of her students,” the local news anchor announced with breathless excitement....
Is Facebook using data improperly?
Rewarding friends and punishing rivals, is Facebook using its user data as a carrot and a stick? Dan and Jimmy take a look at...
The Coverage of the Notre Dame Fire
It was a shocking moment with thousands watching as the famous Notre Dame Cathedral burnt down. A bastion of the Parisian city, it took...
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An interview with a robot
Interviews, they can be nerve-racking, frightening, and even downright biased in some cases, but what if we take the human element out of the...
A fake story that reporters bought
What happens when you take a comedian and give him a “Miracle” story? You get reporters that believe the story, only to find out...
Julian Assange: Hero of Free Speech or Traitor of criminal intent?
Julian Assange has been formally arrested in the UK. Following his removal from the Ecuadorian Embassy, talks of extradition and trial were in the...
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