An panel on "Gotcha journalism"

with Nina Totenberg, John MacArthur, Jonathan Alter, Lawrence O'Donnell and Kurt Andersen
in Current Affairs
on Wednesday, May 22, 1996 * * * * *

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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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Keywords:
media coverage
Jonathan Alter
Clarence Thomas
Bill Clinton
Daniel Rostenkowski
Lawrence O'Donnell
Nina Totenberg
Gotcha journalism
sensationalism
Whitewater
media news
Paula Jones
John Rick MacArthur
Kurt Andersen
invasive media

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    1. 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.