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CNN's Don Lemon Laments "Media Spectacle" At Michael Brown's Funeral (While Broadcasting From Funeral) - Daily Surge

CNN's Don Lemon Laments "Media Spectacle" At Michael Brown's Funeral (While Broadcasting From Funeral) - Daily Surge | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From dailysurge.com - August 28, 2014 3:35 AM

As Their Ratings Skyrocket, CNN's Don Lemon Laments: Michael Brown Funeral Should Be More than "Media Spectacle"


Today was Michael Brown’s funeral. #MikeBrownFuneral was a top trend on Twitter. Multiple media outlets live streamed the service. Al Sharpton eulogized. At least three Obama administration officials attended. The Nation of Islam covered crowd control. Countless celebrities and entertainers were in attendance, and t-shirts were sold.


One thing is clear: Trumped by the politics of self-interest and ratings-boosting media narratives, Michael Brown’s death stopped being about Michael Brown almost immediately after he was pronounced dead....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

"Don Lemon tweeted about taking a “break from twitter today in respect for parents & lives lost. Not choosing sides.” He tweeted that with a picture of him hugging Michael Brown’s mother. Hashtag: #FAIL ", writes Jerome Hudson. 


Loaded with bitter irony, this post is recommended reading for those who follow journalism.

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Did A Twitter User Convince CNN Host Don Lemon To Bring Up 'The Supernatural'?

Did A Twitter User Convince CNN Host Don Lemon To Bring Up 'The Supernatural'? | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From talkingpointsmemo.com - March 19, 2014 9:18 AM

Don Lemon's suggestion Sunday night that "supernatural" events may have been involved in the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines left a lot of people with the same reaction: Where did that come from?


Don Lemon's suggestion Sunday night that "supernatural" events may have been involved in the disappearance of the Malaysia Airlines left a lot of people with the same reaction: Where did that come from?


A glance at the CNN anchor's Twitter feed might offer a clue. On Sunday, Lemon received a pointed message from a user under the handle @curryslap, who said he wanted "one of you dam media people" to "discuss the remote possibility of something super natural."...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

The only thing "supernatural" about the news coverage was poor judgement by the producers. A credibility hit for CNN and the danger of producing news driven by social media.

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'I Think Google's Pretty Dangerous and Thuggish. I’ve Always Said That.'

'I Think Google's Pretty Dangerous and Thuggish. I’ve Always Said That.' | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From www.modernluxury.com - April 28, 2014 1:07 AM

Kara Swisher, outspoken tech journalist, has a lot on her mind....


And then there’s you, whose wife, Megan Smith, is a VP at Google. I don’t have her money. Any of it. Which, I know, is stupid—she has a lot. We split everything 50/50. I went out of my way not to take her money because I wanted to make a point: I take it seriously. I don’t write about Google except to insult the company. Someone actually said once that I’m in the camp for Google, so I sent them my pieces, and they said, “You must have problems in your marriage because you’re so mean to Google.” I was like, “I do not, but thank you so much.” They were like, “Seriously, you could be nicer; they are pretty fantastic,” and I was like, “Not to me. I think they’re pretty dangerous and thuggish.” I’ve always said that...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Kara Swisher takes no prisoners in high-tech journalism.

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NBC blasted for misleading (or worse) account of phone, PC hacking in Sochi

NBC blasted for misleading (or worse) account of phone, PC hacking in Sochi | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it
From gigaom.com - February 13, 2014 8:44 AM

Critics charge that the NBC News report that your smartphones and computers get hacked the minute you arrive in Russia is erroneous and misleading.


... In Procter’s view, the most misleading part of Engel’s report is that none of what happened to the new MacBook Air (sigh) and smartphone used for his experiment required the user or the bad guys to be in Russia at all. Far from the hackers targeting his devices, he invited them in by clicking on questionable links — something any halfway accomplished PC user would not do.


Meanwhile, cybersecurity expert Robert Graham of ErrataSec proclaimed the program “100 percent fraudulent”, saying the ”hack” happened because of the Olympic-themed websites visited, not their location.


A friend working in the video trailers in Sochi said the NBC report is a huge topic of conversation there — and not in a good way:

“They sacrificed two new laptops and a smartphone to demonstrate how quickly hackers will seize your devices here. It was complete sensationalism. They steered the computers to known honeypots and pretty much invited the hackers onboard. I only know of one person who had any trouble. Her AOL Mail account was hacked after arriving here. My response: AOL? Who still uses AOL? Was your password PASSWORD? WTF?”...

Jeff Domansky's insight:

The ethical journalism soap opera continues over Richard Engle's NBC report on computer hacking in Sochi.

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