The organizers of the South By Southwest conference announced they’re canceling two sessions for the Spring 2016 conference. Both sessions were to focus on issues related to the Gamergate scandal, which centered on the depiction of women in the video gaming industry.
Hugh Forrest, South by Southwest: “Strong Community Management: Why we canceled two panels for SXSW 2016”
Adi Robertson, The Verge: “SXSWcancels Gamergate-related panels after ‘threats of violence’”
Tasneem Nashrulla, BuzzFeed: “BuzzFeedto withdraw from SXSW over canceling gaming panels”
T.C. Sottek, The Verge: "Vox Media and The Verge will not attend SXSW unless it takes harassment seriously"
Alex Hern, The Guardian: “SXSWfestival pulls pro- and anti-Gamergate panels after threat”
Anna Merlan, Jezebel: “Citing ‘violent threats,’ SXSW cancels both pro- and anti-Gamergate panels”
When is a suicide attempt news?
A woman tried to commit suicide in her home. She was unsuccessful, and sustained superficial wounds easily treated without stitches or surgery. Normally, that wouldn't be considered newsworthy. But, does that change when it's a public figure? What about in cases when it's an unwitting public figure -- like the mother of Freddie Gray?
Rick Ritter, WJZ-TV: “Sources: Mother of Freddie Gray tries to take her own life”
Scott Jones, FTV Live: “Is this News?”
Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post: “Freddie Gray’s mother attempts suicide, report says”
Nadra Nittle, Atlanta Blackstar: “What the alleged suicide attempt of Freddie Gray’s mother says about racism and depression”
Joe Biden: Media critic
Vice President Joe Biden appeared on CBS' '60 Minutes' Sunday night, offering up some harsh words for reporters' description of conversations with his late son, Beau.
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Vice President Joe Biden accuses ‘people’ of very bad journalism”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “NYT’s Baquet pushes back at Biden comments”
Benjamin Mullin, Poynter: “New York Times Editor Dean Baquet defends Biden coverage”
Tom Kludt, CNN Money: “Columnist Maureen Dowd defends column on Biden presidential run”
Adam Sneed and Nick Gass, POLITICO: “Biden: The media were 'driving us crazy'”
Amy Chozick, New York Times: “Joe Biden said to be taking a new look at presidential run”
Edward-Isaac Dovere, POLITICO: “Exclusive: Biden himself leaked word of his son’s dying wish”
Clinton’s hearing testimony
How did the media cover Hillary Clinton's marathon appearance before the Benghazi committee?
David Graham, The Atlantic: “What conservative media say about the Benghazi hearing”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJzWXncWku8
Chuck Todd and Mark Murray, NBC News: “First Read: Hillary Clinton clears October hurdles”
James Warren, Poynter: “Benghazi, Clinton, Benghazi, Clinton, Benghazi, Clinton consumes cable TV”
Judah Robinson, Huffington Post: “Rachel Maddow blasts Benghazi committee as a 'hilarious partisan joke'”
Brian Stelter, CNN: “Examining the media's narrative about Clinton and Biden”
Erik Wemple, Washington Post: “Why Fox News ditched the Benghazi hearing, and MSNBC didn’t”
Yahoo's NFL streaming experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae6FWLGk1PU
Joe Flint, The Wall Street Journal: “High stakes for NFL and Yahoo in first streamed game”
Mike Snider, USA Today: “Yahoo NFL stream satisfies most viewers, despite some miscues”
Cork Gaines, Business Insider: “Yahoo's first-ever live stream of an NFL game was a disaster for many”
Peter Kafka, ReCode: “Here’s how Yahoo guaranteed you’d watch today’s NFL game”
Sports contracts to blame for ESPN layoffs?
ESPN laid off about 300 employees last week -- four percent of it's workforce. Almost everyone let go worked behind-the-scenes.
John Ourand, SportsBusiness Daily Global: “The moves that forced ESPN’s cuts”
Jeremy Bowman, The Motley Fool: “Layoffs coming for ESPN – Will it get worse for Walt Disney Co?”
Brian Flood, TV Newser: “Charley Steiner blasts ESPN’s layoffs in Facebook post”
Matt Boensteel, Washington Post: “ESPN layoffs will guy the network’s production staff”
Stephen Battaglio and Meg James, LA Times: “ESPN to lay off nearly 4% of workforce amid changing pay-TV landscape”
