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Cultural, Generational Reasons Offered as Theories B.B. King, whose “whose scorching guitar licks and heartfelt vocals made him the idol of generations of musicians and fans while earning him the nickname King of the Blues,” in the words of Associated Press writer Ken Ritter, died Thursday night at 89. But on Friday, amid a multitude…

Cheung of AAJA, NBC’s Janelle Richards Aboard Train At least five journalists — Paul Cheung of the Associated Press, who is national president of the Asian American Journalists Association; Janelle Richards, an “NBC Nightly News” producer; Beth Davidz, a former Associated Press reporter; Jill Jorgensen, a reporter for the New York Observer; and financial journalist Jeff Cutler…

Dallas Readers Had to Opt In to See Provocative Images When an anti-Muslim group’s contest to see who could draw the most provocative cartoon of the Prophet Muhammad ended near Dallas Sunday with two assailants dead, one ethical challenge again faced news outlets: whether to show the images of Muhammad that caused the controversy, images some…

Baltimore Shows Need for Care in Discussing “the Media” The longer the crisis in Baltimore continues, the more criticism seems to be aimed at the media. Ironically, many of the barbs are lodged in . . . the media. “Media’s Biased and Dehumanizing Coverage of Baltimore Fails to Tell the City’s Real Story,” read the…

Some Outlets Strive to Counterbalance Sensationalism The news media — particularly CNN and Fox News Channel — took their share of lumps Tuesday and Wednesday for sensationalizing coverage of the Baltimore uprising, but some outlets made an effort to explain the unrest’s decades-old underlying causes and resisted impulses to paint residents with a broad brush.…

Riots, Looting Follow Efforts to Show a Peaceful Face Critics denounced media organizations over the weekend for emphasizing violence over peaceful protests in their coverage of Baltimore reaction to the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray after he was injured April 19 in police custody. But on Monday, riots and looting broke out on the city’s west side,…

Station: Gates’ Cut “Unacceptable” If Based on Actor’s Urging Henry Louis Gates Jr. on Wednesday night expressed regret that he did not tell PBS that he had cut a reference to actor Ben Affleck’s slaveholding ancestor from his story on Affleck’s roots. His statement followed one from Affleck telling the actor’s social media fans on…