Chapter 2
1. Think back to the Rolling Stone example at the start of this chapter. How might the magazine’s search
for a “perfect” victim to be the face of the campus rape problem have shaped or skewed how they
2. Unlike physicians, lawyers, teachers and electricians, journalists do not need to be licensed or pass a
test to practice their profession. Is this good or bad for journalism? Good or bad for U.S. democracy? If
3. What news outlets or organizations do you consider the most accurate and credible? Which do you
see as lacking credibility? What drives this perception? Is it the kinds of stories they cover? Is it because
4. What do journalists mean by “transparency”? Is it simply crediting sources or something more? Why
5. Are standards of journalism the same for newspapers, magazines, radio, television and the Internet?
If not, should they be? What about journalists and news outlets that use Twitter – should they be held