COMMENTARY: 50-Years-ago on June 17, 1972, five subjects broke into the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate hotel in Washington, D.C. With a look back at how the media covered this story, here's professor of journalism Dr. Larry Burriss with MTSU..
VERBATIM of AUDIO: “In terms of sheer magnitude, no scandal before or after touched so many lives and brought to ruin so many political and public figures.
And no scandal before or after has showed the power, potentia .
Is it fact or fiction? With today’s media commentary, here’s Dr. Larry Burriss from the MTSU School of Journalism…
VERBATIM: “In the tragedy “Hamlet,” William Shakespeare cleverly devises a play within play in an attempt to catch a murderer. For the theater goer, it is important to keep the play, as a kind of reality itself, separate from the fictional play the prince of Denmark devises to trap his uncle.
Similarly, creating alternate re .
COMMENTARY: Criminal cases in the news often receive scrutny from various media sources and the public – with more on this topic, here is MTSU Professor of Journalism Larry Burriss…Scroll down for more.
Verbatim: “Once again, a high-profile criminal trial has caused an outcry against media behavior. I’m not sure how much media self-reflection there has been, but there have been the usual criticisms leveled by each media side against the other: sens .
Reporters and how much involvement should they have within an actual news story? With more on this question, here is MTSU Professor of Journalism Larry Burriss…Scroll down for more on this story.
Continued.VERBATIM of ABOVE AUDIO: “Watch any television news program these days, and there is sure to be an argument about how much reporters should be involved in stories they are covering. Of course, such questions wouldn’t be asked if reporters weren .