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A conversation about the reality and the effects of "Gotcha journalism", described as a method of reporting in which the interviewee is purposely portrayed as if he is uninformed. Weighing in on the topic of how invasive the media should be are Jonathan Alter, senior editor and columnist for "Newsweek" magazine, Kurt Andersen, editor of "New York" magazine, John "Rick" MacArthur, publisher of "Harper's Magazine", Lawrence O'Donnell, former chief of staff of the Senate Finance Committee, and Nina Totenberg, legal affairs correspondent on National Public Radio.
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jeffnelson 01/27/2012 01:02 PM Report
Lawrence O'Donnell's claim that other people have zero responsibility in the event of a suicide is genuinely stupid. By definition it's something that one does to oneself but external factors can very well push a poor soul over the edge. Do your job, journalists, by exposing things but don't deny there's a potential, unanticipated downside.