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Watchdog Journalism
What is Watchdog Journalism
“It is a style of writing or broadcast aimed at identifying a current societal problem, either hidden or overt, and offering opinion on necessary action.”
How to do watchdog journalism
Watchdog Reporting Covers:
Personal Scandals
Financial Wrongdoing
Political Corruption
Self-Enrichment in Public Office
Other types of wrongdoing
Role of Media
Public Interest
Warn Citizens
Regulation of
Government
Industry
Society in General
Is the media satisfactorily doing its duty to serve the role of watchdog for the community in society?
YES!!!
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Political Safety
Watergate scandal
major political scandal
occurred in the United States during the early 1970s
a break-in by 4 Cuban Americans and 1 American at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972.
reporting of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post and the subsequent resignation of U.S. president Richard Nixon in 1974.
Prism
a code name for a program under which the United States National Security Agency (NSA)
collects internet communications from at least nine major US internet companies.
collects stored internet communications based on demands made to internet companies
Snowden copied and leaked classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013 without authorization.
His disclosures revealed numerous global surveillance programs, many run by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance with the cooperation of telecommunication companies and European governments.
(A well-known example is the reporting of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on the Watergate scandal for The Washington Post and the subsequent resignation of U.S. president Richard Nixon in 1974. )
Prism
Food Safety
A phone conversation captures
One former employee -- a mom, was so disturbed by the spoiled food.
She had her husband call the local health services department.
And it took them five days to finally come out and investigate!
By then all the spoiled chicken had been cooked and served, but the smell still lingered.
At least KFC corporate was concerned enough that they shut down the store for a week to investigate and to retrain its employees.
Supposedly a phone conversation captures the manager telling and employee to cook what she could of the spoiled chicken (just not the worst of it) and then change the dates on the boxes.
One former employee -- a mom, was so disturbed by the spoiled food that she had her husband call the local health services department. And it took them five days to finally come out and investigate! By then all the spoiled chicken had been cooked and served, but the smell still lingered.
At least KFC corporate was concerned enough that they shut down the store for a week to investigate and to retrain its employees.
Russia Interference with US Presidential Election
Reported on Russian interference in the US presidential election in 2016
The media/Facebook uncovers fake Russian Facebook accounts
Exposes the scandalous activity during the election
*Keep citizens updated with the story & uncover “political fraud/corruption”*
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/technology/facebook-russian-political-ads.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/special-counsel-indictments.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/10/watchdog-trump-jr-meet-russian-lawyer-broke-law/
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-johnson-real-media-threats-20171020-story.html
Publication of the Pentagon Papers in 1971
Pentagon Papers = US & Vietnam Relations 1945-1967
The media watchdog pressured the government to release information
*The Papers revealed that the US government intentionally expanded its war with bombings into Cambodia and Laos*
Conclusion
Media treats any kind of corporations equally, no matter the size or performance
Immediate disclosure builds a safety net for community stability in society
Warning by risk of disclosure, corporations are more careful with public safety to avoid scandals
公平的对待任何企业(大公司,小公司) fair; 及时的制止给公民的安全带来保障; 有良好的警示作用,防止同样的丑闻再次发生
References
https://www.ee.columbia.edu/~shane/words/watchdog.htm
Coronel, Sheila.“Corruption and the watchdog role of the news media”.
http://thestir.cafemom.com/food_party/143396/fast_food_workers_claim_they
http://www.history.com/topics/watergate
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/09/edward-snowden-nsa-whistleblower-surveillance
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/technology/facebook-russian-political-ads.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/30/us/politics/special-counsel-indictments.html
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/10/watchdog-trump-jr-meet-russian-lawyer-broke-law/
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-johnson-real-media-threats-20171020-story.html