Impeachment hearings will soon be underway in the U.S. House of Representatives. What advice does our panel have for journalists covering it? Also, CBS fires an employee for leaking video obtained while working at ABC, John Oliver comments on a series of lawsuits and an apology from Northwestern University journalism students frustrates many in the profession.
Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post: “Media beware: Impeachment hearings will be the trickiest test of covering Trump”
Lulu Garcia-Navarro, NPR: “The media spectacle of impeachment hearings”
Lauren Fox: “How Democrats are prepping for make-or-break public impeachment testimony”
Naming suspected Ukraine whistleblower
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Fox News guest blurts out alleged name of whistleblower”
Jeremy Barr, Hollywood Reporter: “Fox News guest names suspected Ukraine whistleblower”
Adi Robertson, The Verge: “Facebook and YouTube ban naming alleged Trump impeachment whistleblower”
CBS fires leaker
Michelle Mark, Business Insider: “CBS News reportedly fired a staffer suspected of leaking that explosive video of an ABC anchor saying the network killed her Jeffrey Epstein exposé”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “’I’ve had this story for three years’: ABC News anchor slams her network’s handling of Epstein scoop”
Justine Coleman, The Hill: “Trump rips ABC over Epstein coverage”
Daily Northwestern Apologizes… for reporting?
Staff, Daily Northwestern: “Addressing The Daily’s coverage of Sessions protests”
Robert Feder: “Daily Northwestern has nothing to apologize for – except its apology”
Dahleen Glanton, Chicago Tribune: "COLUMN: The apologetic editorial in Northwestern's student newspaper reveals an issue most black journalists face"
Robby Soave, Reason.com: “The Daily Northwestern apologizes to students for reporting news that triggered them”
Reed Richardson, Mediaite: “Media erupts at Northwestern student paper apology: ‘Appalling ignorance of the basics of news-gathering”
Katie Shepherd, Washington Post: “Student journalists at Northwestern apologized for photographing protesters. Then the backlash began.”
Dawn Rhodes, Chicago Tribune: “Daily Northwestern staffers apologized for recent coverage of Jeff Sessions visit. Then they drew the ire of other journalists.”
Angela N. Fu & Kristine E Guillaume, Harvard Crimson: “A note to readers”
Rick Sobey, Boston Herald: “Harvard student government sides with anti-ICE protesters against newspaper”
Editorial Board, GW Hatchet: “The Crimson was right to contact ICE for comment”
John Oliver on SLAPP Suits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU
Megh Wright, Vulture: “John Oliver is ready for another battle with coal company CEO Bob Murray”
Melissa Locker, TIME: “John Oliver picks a new fight with coal boss he called a geriatric Dr. Evil’ on Last Week Tonight”
Adrian Horton, The Guardian: “John Oliver takes on muzzling lawsuits – and the man who sued his show”
Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times: “John Oliver roasts litigious coal titan in epic, squirrel-filled musical number”
Disney disrupts streaming
Brooks Barnes, New York Times: “Netflix was only the start: Disney streaming service shakes an industry”
Ed Mazza, Huff Post: “Disney heir shreds fellow boomers: ‘Sit the f**k down and let the kids drive’”
Julia Alexander, The Verge: “Disney+ gets last-minute update, will have most Marvel movies at lunch”
Jason Gurwin, The Streamable: “This is every Marvel Movie and tv show coming to Disney Plus on launch day and beyond”
Death of Deadspin?
Barry Petchesky, New York Times: “I was fired from Deadspin for refusing to ‘stick to sports’”
John Sexton, Hot Air: “Former Deadspin editor offers misleading account of site’s implosion over ‘stick to sports’ mandate”
James D. Walsh, Intelligencer: “The senseless death of Deadspin”
Brakkton Booker, NPR: “After days of resignations, the last of the Deadspin staff has quit”
Maxwell Tani, The Daily Beast: “G/O Media tells Deadspin staff in leaked memo: Stick to sports”
