Context crucial when judging social media
When Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces, many people learned the news from Facebook. In fact, Pew Research……
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Writer says Stanford J-School still around
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Covering Oklahoma Twisters
“Twister” was released in 1996. The movie about storm chasers and a tornado-filled day in Oklahoma set off a craze……
Weather Forecasters Balance Warnings with “The Bachelor”
Weather forecaster Gary England played a crucial role in innovating tornado coverage at Oklahoma City’s KWTV Channel 9. His most……
Perceived bias at the Daily Oklahoman
Sometimes a story just follows you. On May 30 the Oklahoma City Daily Oklahoman ran a story about ESPN’s broadcast team of Mike Breen, Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson discussing the accusations from Oklahoma Thunder basketball fans of bias in calling the NBA playoff series between Oklahoma City and Dallas.
It was a typical media story covering a common problem — sports fans seeing bias everywhere.
What was so interesting about the story was its source. After all, the Daily Oklahoman faces some of the harshest calls of bias from one of the most ardent groups of fans — Oklahoma State University football fans — of any newspaper in the country.