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b** driver hits and kills pedestrian with bus: mystery solved

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Clickbait and gotcha moments: how political conflict became a commodity

Clickbait and gotcha moments: how political conflict became a commodity

Author: Katharine Murphy / Source: the Guardian

Conflict is not a new commodity in news. It’s always been critical. One of my early journalistic mentors told me it wasn’t really a news story unless there was conflict, and preferably the conflict needed to appear by the third paragraph.

But media disruption has intensified the conflict cycle, compressing it into smaller, louder, intraday bursts,…

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Lazy ‘gotcha’ journalism ruins political debate Gotcha journalism is, in large part, responsible for politicians not being allowed to utter a single unscripted word. For Crikey (Can be accessed with a free trial subscription).

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Turnbull wants a more mature conversation, but will the media go along with it?

Turnbull wants a more mature conversation, but will the media go along with it?

It is certainly commendable that Malcolm Turnbull is encouraging a kinder, gentler way of debating politics, but he shouldn’t ignore voters’ appetite for tabloid-confected conflict and drama. Weekly column for The Drum.

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Here's my 2 cents on this:

And 2 cents ain't worth much. 

If I come to you and immediately identify myself as a reporter (I will), I'm probably not trying to "get you." As my roommate has told me several times, people get the deer-in-headlights look on their faces when a reporter approaches partially because of the growing trend of "gotcha journalism." 

The single element I strive for and I want from you is truth. That's all I want to "get." I'm not trying to catch you in a bad light, or reveal your worst moment. I'm just trying to do the opposite of gotcha journalism. Perhaps the questions I ask you and what I want to know will actually catch you in a good light, or reveal some of your best qualities. 

As a student journalist, I need the public to know this: I come in peace, and I make no demands. Most of all, I'm not trying to get anything; only trying to understand society better and learn to help others understand it better, too.

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From what I’ve read about this script, though not executed, it is patently gross and offensive. It’s not his detractors to whom he also owes this public airing. It’s to his legion of supporters.

Andrew Breitbart • In a post on his "Big Journalism" site yesterday, regarding the whole James O'Keefe-faux-seducing incident involving CNN reporter Abbie Boudreau. While Andrew has been critical of the network in the past, particularly for the coverage of James O'Keefe's Mary Landrieu incident earlier this year, he noted that Boudreau and her producer "conducted themselves professionally, and I believe James owes them a candid and public explanation." He kind of left the door open for this to be a big misunderstanding, but it's pretty crazy that not even Breitbart can back the Hunter S. Thompson wannabe's behavior this time. source (via)