Suspect Coverage | Is there a double standard when covering acts of violence? After a serial bomber in Texas turned out to be white, some say coverage would have been different if the perpetrator was a person of color.
Who Cares? | A former girlfriend and an attorney of convicted killer Aaron Hernandez declared in a new documentary that the former Patriots star was gay. The allegation was picked up by multiple outlets, but other than curiosity, is there legitimate news value to this?
One Way Street | The move to change the name of Yawkey Way has a powerhouse backer in Red Sox owner John Henry, who says he is haunted by Yawkey’s racist past. No surprise, then, that The Boston Globe, also owned by John Henry, has peppered its opinion and editorial pages with like-minded calls to change the name. But is the media blitz fair?
Rants and Raves | A review of the week in media.
On this week’s edition of Beat the Press, Emily Rooney was joined by Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University, former CNN White House correspondent Dan Lothian, former Boston Magazine Editor Carly Carioli, and Callie Crossley of WGBH News.
