1.
Assume that the documentary, The Man Behind the Mosque, provided an
accurate and research-based perspective on how the “Ground Zero Mosque” became
a story. Based on what you saw there, what steps can you remember the cable-news
media covering the story taking to
investigate who was actually behind the Mosque in terms of mission, goals,
and funding?
2.
Who brought the story of the “Ground Zero
Mosque” to Fox News, the station that broke the story and led coverage of the
story?
3.
It can be argued that much of the cable news
coverage of the story was just that – coverage of a “story,” and how people
felt about this “story,” rather than actual reporting. Explain how we can see this at work
4.
The journalists of Frontline included coverage
of and interviews with the staff of Park 51 (the NYU grad and a couple other
part-timers). Do these individuals
appear ever to have been interviewed on cable-news?
5.
What sources did Cable news appear to rely on
for knowledge and expertise about Islam?
How credible did you find these sources?
Why?
6.
How relevant is the ownership of a media source
for understanding its goals and how its goals may shape bias in its
coverage?
7.
Who was, at the time of the Ground Zero Mosque
story, the
second largest shareholder in the News Corp?
8.
If you bring up the topic of the Ground Zero
mosque today, many people might say something like, “Oh yeah . . . What ever
happened to that?” Think about it: Given the level of urgency that was attached
to the story, why did cable news just stop covering the story of the Mosque at
Ground Zero?
9.
Read about what polls reveal about Americans and
their views on Islam.
http://www.pewforum.org/2009/09/09/publicationpage-aspxid1398-3/
http://www.pewforum.org/2009/09/09/publicationpage-aspxid1398-3/
1.
There were no steps to the process. It was very
poorly handled.
2.
Pamela Gellar, she was totally opposed to this
idea.
3.
It was more of an opinionated and emotional
coverage of the story than legitimately saying what was going on. No one seemed
to want to know the process or facts.
4.
No, they were never interviewed on cable news.
This answer goes back to the people not really wanting to be knowledgeable of
the facts or process.
5.
I do not think they were credible sources, they
seemed to avoid the credible sources such as people who practiced the religion
and just listened to opinionated people on this matter.
6.
Very relevant, because media is in a business
and they have certain goals for a profit.
7.
Saudi Prince Al- Waleed bin Talal, a nephew of
the Saudi King
8.
Fox News most likely stopped covering the topic
because they got bored of it.
No comments:
Post a Comment