The Fog of News

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“[W]hen big news breaks, we instinctively look to CNN. We want CNN to be good, to be worthy of its moment. That impulse took a beating last week. On Wednesday at 1:45 p.m., the correspondent John King reported that a suspect had been arrested. It was a big scoop that turned out to be false.” 

 

—David Carr, media reporter, “The Pressure to Be the TV News Leader Tarnishes a Big Brand,” The New York Times, April 21, 2013

• Editorial Comment: Collossal News Nincompoops.

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News from USU’s award-winning student news site, The Hard News Café
• NEWS FLASH: Hard News Café repeats as 2013 best independent student news website in Intermountain West.
• ‘Beat the Boot!’—commuters, renters clash with city on parking policies, by Katie Swain
• ‘Caring for America’—Feminist scholar describes underappreciated caregivers, by Jessica Sonderegger
• Art, Music, Theater courses will cost more under new tuition plan, by Katie Swain 
• Aggie journalists best in region with 20 excellence awards, by Kelton Wells
• Same-Sex Marriage: Even in Utah, love will find a way, by Emily Landeen, A-TV News
• A-TV News: Gas prices, hate crimes, and walk-a-mile in her shoes, anchored by Emily Landeen and Jenna Lynn
• Elizabeth Smart tells USU crowd of her ordeal, by Shayna Marcure
• Spiked! USU journalists create fitting award to honor ‘curmudgeon’

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