Episodes
Tuesday May 13, 2014
Tuesday May 13, 2014
It’s a constant caveat of Leid Stories’ ongoing media-literacy exercises: Be alert, defensive consumers of information. Pay attention to what’s not being said or shown. The Donald Sterling-NBA debacle is a treasure trove for media literacy, and Leid Stories today begins a series of “classes” based specifically on the issue.
Appropriately, Part 1 concerns the media itself—how and why it has shaped the story the way it has, essentially as a morality tale about an octogenarian billionaire bigot spectacularly “outed” and reaping his just rewards as befits a pariah.
But what’s missing here? What’s the truth? What is it that we really need to know? What is it that the media won’t tell or show us?
Brace yourself for revelations.