Did The Bruins Make A Blunder In Barstool Partnership? Some journalists have questioned the team's cozy relationship with the online sports media company, pointing to a history of sexist remarks and encouraging fans to go after the website’s critics.
Facebook And Twitter Refuse To Remove A Doctored Video: Some are questioning why the social media companies doubled down on a decision to leave up a fake video of Nancy Pelosi, even as YouTube removed it in the wake of criticism.
Did The NYT Give Hope Hicks The Kid Gloves Treatment? Critics slammed a profile of President Trump’s former aide and confidant, Hope Hicks, appeared in the paper with a glamorous photo and some wording deemed sympathetic.
How To Define A Life: Following the death of former Red Sox star Bill Buckner this week, there was a lot of postmortem hand-wringing in media circles over whether it was fair to define his career over one misplayed ball — although it was the media that gave him that treatment in the first place.
Rants & Raves: 05/31/19 — The panel reviews this week in news.
On this week’s edition of Beat The Press, Emily Rooney was joined by Adam Reilly of WGBH News, Mike Nikitas of the University of New Hampshire, Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University, and Jon Keller of WBZ News.
