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Desert Dancer BS: Irresponsible Journalism? (43) RE: BS: Irresponsible Journalism? 18 Mar 13


And this just in: Fox News Runs Name Of Steubenville Rape Victim.
Fox News, in what seems to be an editing mistake, ran a clip from the court room where [Trent] Mays said the victim's name. ... In an earlier piece on Fox's news website, the organization did manage to censor out the names of the two rapists, Trent Mays and Ma'lik Richmond. Their names, however, have been published by news outlets because the boys' lawyers have openly identified them in court. The victim's has not, until this point.

Media have clearly struggled with how to represent the case, and earlier coverage from Fox actually bucked a trend of victim-blaming that was prevalent in other news outlets. Still, the negligence in failing to redact the girl's name is a serious journalistic failure.


~ Becky in Long Beach


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