208 – Monsters in the Media
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We welcome Dr. James Mueller, associate dean of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
He’s the author of three books (with a fourth on the way) and they are:
Shooting Arrows and Slinging Mud: Custer, the Press, and the Little Bighorn
He’s also a member of the American Journalism Historians Association, and he joins us to talk about the history of newspapers and journalism and how to contextualize weird stories in the news.
Discussed in this episode:
Newspaper Rock – Petroglyph news
New York Sun – Great Moon Hoax
Gilbert Gottfried Incident after 9/11. (His take on it.)
Jacko the Canadian “Gorilla” hoax
Tombstone “Thunderbird” hoax
The Great Airship Mystery (wiki, book by Dan Cohen)
Historically Black Newspapers archived (Blog-post Newspapers.com)
History of photos being used in newspapers (1870s – 1880s)
Saudi involvement in the Sudan civil war (mentioned during the interview) However, Dr. Mueller corrected this via email and said he meant to say YEMEN not SUDAN.
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Have been a listener for many moons. BUT!!!!!!!, am getting really, really tired of Blake hijacking the discussion to see if he can’t weasel in some quasi-humorous pun-like conversation-stopper. I want to hear what these people have to say, not some unexplained reference to Blake’s magic light bulb.
My suggestion is that every time he makes a pun or otherwise derails the information blow, he should have to put a quarter in the “Bad Blake” jar. The money so deposited will buy Karen a Ferrari, and probably put Blake’s children through college.
Do, please, lighten up. And get Disotell back to give us the final disposition on Sykes, and on Melba Ketchum.
I do love you guys, but please try a little harder to stay on message.