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East Carolina fires student media adviser after paper ran photos of streaker

Discussion in 'Journalism topics only' started by Steak Snabler, Jan 5, 2012.

  1. BillyT

    BillyT Active Member

    All I can think of is he didn't teach them very well.
     
  2. doodah

    doodah Guest

    Once again, Deadspin puts a dong out, nobody complains. The school paper, with grown up college kids, puts this out and there's an outrage.
     
  3. brandonsneed

    brandonsneed Member

    Slightly different. And it seems that Deadspin did actually change some policies after Favre's whole ordeal. I don't remember who it was or what the story was, but I remember a few months ago that they only showed the nudity for one hour during the afternoon. They published the story and the censored photos earlier in the day, said that if people were interested in seeing the uncensored photos to stop back by at a certain time, and then the pictures were never published uncensored by Deadspin again.

    So, to use your logic: Even Deadspin censors photos. But a college newspaper doesn't?
     
  4. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    The only "newspapers" in the U.S. to show full-frontal nudity on a regular basis are those you see in racks along th Las Vegas Strip. Alternative weeklies shy away from nude photos, so that should tell you something.
     
  5. brandonsneed

    brandonsneed Member

    Just re-read this, and it made me chuckle.
     
  6. doodah

    doodah Guest

    Let me point out that I WOULD NOT have published the photos. I'm trying to play devil's advocate here.

    But in Europe, TV and newspapers show nudity ALL THE TIME. Here, it's almost as if people are scared to do so.

    Once again, though, I wouldn't have published the photos. It didn't really add much to the story.
     
  7. brandonsneed

    brandonsneed Member

    No worries, doodah. It's a good discussion.

    It's not that media here are scared of nudity. It's just that media are fully aware of how offended people get by nudity, so they make the smart call. Like you said, it rarely, if ever, truly adds to a story, and if it's going to anger, alienate, or otherwise harm your readership/viewership, it's just not worth it to be "edgy" and such.
     
  8. young-gun11

    young-gun11 Member

    30 seconds vs. printed on paper...big difference.

    Had he thought someone would have this type of documentation...he might not do it. It depends on how much he had to drink, I presume.
     
  9. Stitch

    Stitch Active Member

    The Student Press Law Center adds to the childishness by stating that ESU administrators want the student paper to be like a kids coloring book.

    http://www.splc.org/fact/2012/01/coloring-inside-the-lines/
     
  10. young-gun11

    young-gun11 Member

    My guess is these "editors" thought it would help gain them (at the very least) some pub in the state, thereby getting their names out there. Unfortunately, these kids will probably have a very difficult time finding work at any decent shop.
     
  11. young-gun11

    young-gun11 Member

    They back it up with "journalistic integrity"? I, for one, can't fathom a college student doing something of this nature and having no intentions of being "sexually suggestive".
     
  12. brandonsneed

    brandonsneed Member

    Reported without comment: Thought it might be worth mentioning also that that edition of the East Carolinian also featured a column about the event with a headline that included the word "balls." I believe it was "Balls on the Field," or something like that.
     
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