– Question: During yesterday’s Cain presser media asked the presidential hopeful if he was willing to submit to a lie detector test. Given that media loves to place the burden of proof on the accused rather than forcing the accusers to prove their case, was it a bad move that Cain agreed? Or should he just resolve this thing once and for all?
– CNN to debut new show highlighting “exceptional individuals.”
– Steve Jobs may be named Time’s first dead person of the year.
– Poynter wonders why the names of the Cain accusers weren’t outed sooner (and why the media acted together):
Until today, media covering allegations of sexual harassment leveled against Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain have universally withheld the identities of the women, who did not voluntarily come forward.Then today, The Daily, Rupert Murdoch’s iPad publication, revealed the identity of one woman, in a flattering article that gives credibility to her claims.
That prompted Business Insider and the Daily Caller to follow suit. Shortly after that, NPR confirmed with Karen Kraushaar that she is “woman A,” but she initially declined to say anything more.
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There isn’t a journalistic reason to conceal the names of these women. Journalists are not bound by non-disclosure agreements that often accompany legal settlements. These women are victims of sexual harassment, not sexual assault. There is no generally accepted school of thought that guides journalists to protect individual privacy in cases like this.
Who’s to say they weren’t confirming the correct identities? If Poynter wants to wonder aloud at why media acts in a pack, they can start with MSM treatment of candidates, especially if they’re black conservative candidates.
– Journalists hush up Obama, Sarkozy comments:
The incident is only now in the news, the Lede writes, because journalists who had overheard the conversation held back reporting it at the time. They heard the exchange because they had plugged in their own headphones to the simultaneous translation feed, rather than waiting for permission and an official set of headphones. “They knew they had cheated,” one reporter was quoted as saying.
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