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BBC's Edit of Obama's Inauguration Speech Raises Important
Ethical Questions
The BBC's Newsnight
show recently opened with what seemed like a single soundbite from
President Barack Obama's inauguration speech. As it turns out, the BBC
used three different parts of the inauguration speech and edited them
together to create the soundbite. In listening to the audio, it's not
clear that it had been edited.
After seeing the segment, the blog "Harmless
Sky" raised questions about how the BBC opened its show.
The subject got picked up by a watchdog Web site called
"Stinky Journalism," which contacted me for comments.
This is a case that raises important ethical questions for radio and TV
stations and online news sites.
Read on to find out what was wrong with this particular edit and for
ethical guidelines related to audio editing.
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City Governments Bailing
Out Local Car Dealerships
Think of this
as a Big Three bailout on a local level.
Marketplace
Radio has reported that small towns across the country are helping
local car dealerships that cannot get loans to keep operating.
Why would they do this? In
towns such as Victorville, Calif., sales tax from car sales
contributes to half of the city's sales tax income. If cars don't sell,
the city, which has no property tax, could lose its tax base.
Read on to find out how the auto
industry downturn has affected African Americans.
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Figuring Out When, and How,
Journalists Should Use Audio Slideshows
Pity the poor,
humble slideshow, lost in the sea of video and multimedia storytelling.
But let's not chuck this now (gulp) older story form so fast. Sometimes,
it is just the right tool. The
Boston Globe's Web site recently produced a
simple, quiet slideshow and audio feature that I don't think would
have been as effective in the form of a video. Take a look and read
what Boston.com's editor, David Beard, told me in this edited e-mail
exchange:
Read on for the full interview ...
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at 12:01 AM Jan. 26, 2009
More on audio Al, Thanks for posting. The slideshow is definitely
still kicking.... More.
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