Covering The ‘Straight Pride’ Parade: The ‘straight pride parade' led to questions about how the media should cover it, given concerns about the trolling nature of its name and organizers' ties to far-right groups. Afterwards, that conversation expanded to include how best to cover the actions of police and protesters.
Rape Survivor In The Brock Turner Case Comes Forward: Almost five years after Brock Turner was famously convicted of sexual assault, the survivor of his attack has come forward to share her name. Some say this raises the question of whether news organizations should protect the identity of sexual assault victims — or if doing so can have unintended consequences.
Bernie Sanders, Media Critic? The American public is now accustomed to President Trump’s regular tweetstorms bemoaning his treatment by the press, but now the Vermont senator says that he, too, has ideas about how media should cover him.
Rants & Raves: 09/06/19: The panel reviews the week in media.
On this week’s edition of Beat The Press, Emily Rooney was joined by Adam Reilly of WGBH News, former NECN anchor Mike Nikitas, Dan Kennedy of Northeastern University, and Callie Crossley of WGBH News.
