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videotape something and put it out there. the clementi story had more elements that a produce worry say are important. in the jessica moore story she was a hero in that. her friend was about to get shot she jumped in front of the bull left narrative is there have been a number of issues in the last three weeks three gay students have been bullied and committed suicide. it is part of a larger narrative. bullying has become an issue particularly this is the upshot, the sad tragic upshot of a series of these stories that do have an anti-guy theme. is it a double standard? i think it is pretty much what jim and alan are talking about. this is a story that has a lot of dimensions, especially the online internet dimension which is so important now. where a fellow student, a student whom he trusted, innovated invaded his
stupid, thuggish anti-semitic rotten thing to say. of all people jon stewart even if you don t agree with him is a decent fair-minded guy who was generous in what he said. although i predict sanchez will be on the stewart show and we ll all watch. also, howard kurtz jumping ship from the washington post heading for the daily beast. interesting in terms of all the trends we ve been talking about on this show from print to the electronic media. what is interesting, he remains as several commentators pointed out, a walking conflict of interest. now instead he have writing for the washington post and appearing on cnn, he s going to be appearing on cnn talking about the daily beast. so we have not eliminated the conflict here, not at all. time for another break. first, if you come across a story you think shows media
days before, jessica moore a sophomore from virginia was shot in the head and killed at an off campus house party. two tragic stories. two extremes in media reaction. i guess the question jim, the bredth of the coverage of the clementi suicide and what led up to it. he s on the cover of people magazine. anderson cooper are doing tributes, all kinds of teary-eyed examine kphrapl makes from hollywood stars examine lamb makes from hollywood stars. we talked about in before it is kind of a cruel truth of the media that certain elements of the story will get attention. one is the gay bashing angle, going back to matthew shepard lots of people get murdered every year. murdered 10 years ago made national news still is a national figure. another angle is the internet and the weirdness that you can
internet and weirdness of the internet, you can videotape something and broadcast it out there. and clementi story had more elements. jessica moore, was a hero. her friend was about to get shot and she jumped in front of the person. and three were bully and committee had suicide. particularly bullying, or who think are gay. this is the sad, tragic upshot of at series of these stories that have an anti-gay theme. is it a double standard? no, i think it s pretty much what jim and alan are talking about, which is this is a story that has a lot of dimensions. especially the online, internet dimension, which is so important now, where a fellow student, a student whom