Journalism's Death: The Death Penalty & the Media
To: Journalism Organizations and Schools, Media and Governments, throughout the world
From: Dudley Sharp, independent researcher, death penalty expert, former opponent, 832-439-2113, CV at bottom
Preface
For about 25 years, many, if not most, of media has gone all out anti-death penalty, with 1-4 of these four characteristics:
1) Presenting anti-death penalty claims, but refusing to fact check and vet them (1);
2) Refusing to research and present pro-death penalty claims (1);
3) Lying to the public regarding 1 & 2, above (1); and/or
4) A combination of all three.
NOTE: Can journalists not fact check, not vet and not use critical thinking, accidently? Of course not. It has to be intentional, which I define as a lie to the public and a betrayal of journalism.
As detailed:
1) The Death Penalty: A Repudiation of Journalism, by Journalists?
The Society of Professional Journalists & The Sigma Delta Chi Award:
together with
Media Disaster - Rebuttal: Trial By Fire: Did Texas Execute an Innocent Man?
Cameron Todd Willingham: Media Colludes w/ the Anti-death Penalty Movement
Summary: How is it that David Grann won two of the highest awards for excellence in journalism, the Polk & Sigma Delta Chi Awards?
No more are there any absolute standards in journalism - no need to research, fact check nor vet. How and why?
My conclusion is that the "How?" is on purpose, as it has to be, with the "Why?" being that anti-death penalty promotion is more important than journalism, as fully proven, herein. Are there other reasons?
2) USA Today: Another Major Media Anti-Death Penalty Manifesto
HOW MEDIA MURDERS THE TRUTH
Summary: After months of research, by three investigative journalist and editors, this disaster was presented, representing those four characteristics, to perfection, meaning horrendous.
3) Pulitzer Prize Winner Refuses to Fact Check, Vet and/or Lies: Which is it?
Summary: These are a series of replies to Pulitzer Prize winner, Jeff Gerritt, representing the four characteristics:
Media Disaster: Death Penalty & Journalists Murdering Journalism
To: Journalists and Journalism Schools, worldwide, and countless others
Subject: Why Fact Checking & Vetting Matter: A Cautionary Tale for Journalists
RE: “Ohio should kill capital punishment,”, Jeff Gerritt, Deputy Editor Toledo Blade, November 17, 2013
Media Disaster: The Death Penalty: How Bad Can The Media Be?
Media Disaster: Editor Jeff Gerritt Continues His Run of No Fact Checking
4) Journalism? Ethics? Media Disaster: WFIU/NPR's
"The Rush to Kill" Episode 4 of 9: Poison
Summary: Is this the personification of intentional no fact checking, no vetting, no critical thinking and/or lying to your audience? Are there other choices?
There were up to 20 contributors and researchers from both WFIU and NPR, with regard to this 9 episode program, which took up to two years to put together.
In closing
Please see many additional Media Disaster articles, here (2), each one representing 1-4 of those characteristics.
The major journalism and citizen questions is, how many other topics are handled in a similar fashion?
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1) Research, w/sources, w/fact checking/vetting & critical thinking, as required of anyone within a public policy debate and which rebut all anti-death penalty claims.
Most will realize that the media has been using only anti-death penalty claims and , then, failed to fact check, vet, not use critical thinking, with that research, while avoiding all pro-death penalty research and experts. How do I know most will realize this? Because they wouldn't have seen any of this, prior:
The Death Penalty: Justice & Saving More Innocents
and
Students, Academics & Journalists: Death Penalty Research
(7 pro-death penalty experts listed)
2) 20 or so proofs, within Media Disaster articles
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600+ pro death penalty quotes from murder victim's families &
3300+ from some of the greatest thinkers in history
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